Laboratory Working Group progress in 2023/2024
Moderator: N. Wauquier, WHO & GTFCC
2023 - 2024 highlights
M. L. Quilici, Institut Pasteur
Global deployment of RDT for cholera surveillance
A. Sinha, Gavi
Catalysts for enhanced surveillance in the Democratic Republic of Congo
P. Okitayemba, MOH & X. Wang, CDC
Rapid diagnostic tests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
W. Moser, Epicentre (Online)
A GAVI funded project to pilot the use of cholera RDTs in Nepal
A. Debes, JHU
GTFCC testing strategy for cholera surveillance
Moderators: A. Debes, JHU & X. Wang, CDC
2024 guidance for cholera surveillance testing strategy
M. Turnsek, CDC
Experience sharing - Malawi
M. Nyanje, MoH (Online)
Experience sharing - Mozambique
J. P. Langa, MOH
Experience sharing - Nepal
S. Dahal, MoHP
Laboratory capacity and competency
Moderator: A. Mataka, ASLM
GTFCC tools for laboratory capacity assessment
V. Harris, WHO (Online)
Experience from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
B. Miwanda, INRB Kinshasa
Experience from Cameroun
A. Mfoulou Assala, LNSP Yaounde
GTFCC laboratory training tools
A. Abou Fayad, WHO & GTFCC
Experience from Comoros
D. Soule, MoH (Online)
National ToT, experience from South Sudan
G. Awin, MoH
Genomics for cholera surveillance
Moderator: L. Meredith, WHO & EMRO
Updating the GTFCC recommendations
A. Abou Fayad, WHO & GTFCC
Country experience - Lebanon
A. Abou Fayad, WHO & GTFCC
Training for sequencing
L. Meredith, EMRO
Use-case for genomics for cholera surveillance
L. Meredith, WHO & EMRO
Open forum on cholera surveillance
Moderator: A. Azman, JHU & T. Thomas, IFRC
Understanding endemic cholera and control: Lessons from Uvira, DRC
A. Azman, JHU
Cholera diagnosis at the National Public Health Laboratory, Cameroun
C. Killa, LNSP (Online)
Updates from an evaluation of 5 cholera RDTs in Dhaka, Bangladesh
T. Bhuiyan, icddr,b
Cholera testing in MSF programs
E. Piriou, MSF (Online)
Shaping the way forward
Moderator: P. Barboza, WHO & GTFCC
Priorities for the Laboratory Working Group
M. L. Quilici, Institut Pasteur
