The East African Community (EAC) mobile laboratory networks in Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and South Sudan-from project implementation to outbreak response against Dengue, Ebola, COVID-19, and epidemic-prone diseases.

Autor: Affara M; Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.; East African Community (EAC), Arusha, Tanzania., Lagu HI; East African Community (EAC), Arusha, Tanzania., Achol E; East African Community (EAC), Arusha, Tanzania., Karamagi R; East African Community (EAC), Arusha, Tanzania., Omari N; Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.; East African Community (EAC), Arusha, Tanzania., Ochido G; Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.; East African Community (EAC), Arusha, Tanzania., Kezakarayagwa E; National Institute of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Fight Against AIDS, Bujumbura, Burundi., Kabatesi F; National Institute of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Fight Against AIDS, Bujumbura, Burundi., Nkeshimana A; National Institute of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Fight Against AIDS, Bujumbura, Burundi., Roba A; National Public Health Laboratories, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya., Ndia MN; National Public Health Laboratories, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya., Abudo MU; National Public Health Laboratories, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya., Kabanda A; National Reference Laboratory Division, Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda., Mpabuka E; National Reference Laboratory Division, Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda., Mwikarago EI; National Reference Laboratory Division, Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda., Kutjok PE; Public Health Laboratory and National Blood Transfusion Centre, Ministry of Health, Juba, South Sudan., Samson DD; Public Health Laboratory and National Blood Transfusion Centre, Ministry of Health, Juba, South Sudan., Deng LL; Public Health Laboratory and National Blood Transfusion Centre, Ministry of Health, Juba, South Sudan., Moremi N; Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dodoma, Tanzania.; National Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance and Training Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Kelly ME; Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dodoma, Tanzania.; National Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance and Training Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Mkama PBM; Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dodoma, Tanzania.; National Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance and Training Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Magesa A; Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dodoma, Tanzania.; National Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance and Training Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Balinandi SK; Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Entebbe, Uganda., Pimundu G; National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services (NHLDS), Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda., Nabadda SN; National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services (NHLDS), Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda., Puradiredja DI; Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany., Hinzmann J; Virology Department, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Hamburg, Germany., Duraffour S; Virology Department, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Hamburg, Germany., Gabriel M; Virology Department, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Hamburg, Germany., Ruge G; Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany., Loag W; Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany., Ayiko R; East African Community (EAC), Arusha, Tanzania., Sonoiya SS; East African Community (EAC), Arusha, Tanzania., May J; Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Hamburg, Germany.; Tropical Medicine II, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany., Katende MJ; East African Community (EAC), Arusha, Tanzania., Gehre F; Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany. gehre@bnitm.de.; East African Community (EAC), Arusha, Tanzania. gehre@bnitm.de.

Publikováno v: BMC medicine [BMC Med] 2021 Jul 09; Vol. 19 (1), pp. 160. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 09.