DiaDev researches the role of diagnostic devices in global health innovation and the transformation of health systems in resource-limited settings.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined May 2018
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GlobalHealthDx retweeted
Don't miss out!
Check out our new special issue 'Medical testing, diagnosis and value', guest-edited by Alice Street (@DiaDev_Research) and Ann Kelly (@beetieroot).
#OpenAccess on:
medanthrotheory.org/
@MedAnthUoE @AnthroEdinburgh @uoessps @EdinDiamond @GHSMatKCL
Prof Chris Whitty: a lesson for future epidemics is that we need the diagnostic capacity up front. @UoE_EFI
Galvanised seminar on the new normal
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Bad news.
@BioRadLifeSci tells its customers that it will discontinue production of its rk39 rapid test for visceral #leishmaniasis next year.
The company invokes costly investments required by EU regulators. 🤔
#NTDs 1/4
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This is just another example of the long list of tools for neglected diseases abandoned by companies.
As #NTDs are not lucrative, companies are tempted to stop production when additional costs to upgrade production are needed. 4/4
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Join us on Tuesday 18 May, 14:00 CET, as we explore how #COVID19 has transformed #testing, implications for #diagnostics in health emergencies and universal health coverage, and how this has informed the FIND 2021 strategy.
Register➡️finddx.zoom.us/webinar/regis…
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Preventing #NTDs, ensuring prompt access to diagnosis and treatment of NTDs, and improving care of those suffering from the psychological consequences of these diseases should be part of a holistic approach
journals.plos.org/plosntds/a…
Read our working paper on #zerocovid from 2020, which suggests that even setting a goal for elimination can be advantageous from a planning perspective diadev.eu/images/Zero-COVID-… Drawing lessons from #beatNTDs
SARS-CoV-2 elimination, not mitigation, creates best outcomes for health, the economy, and civil liberties thelancet.com/journals/lance…
SARS-CoV-2 elimination, not mitigation, creates best outcomes for health, the economy, and civil liberties thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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Testing should be strategic and linked to public health action! #COVID19
Check this RFP out from @ACTAccelerator @WHO @FINDdx
finddx.org/rfp-covid19-self-…
"This is a very exciting time in terms of the advancement in our ability to detect the virus," says @WHO COVID Technical Lead @mvankerkhove about #COVID19 self-tests but "testing needs to be strategic...These tools need to be reliable, accurate & linked to public health action."
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Another paper is out from our fantastic @DosaDx project. Rapid detection of pathogens with polymer sensors #RapidDiagnostics #PointofCare #AMR #OneHealth mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/5/1872 @StephenRimmer6 @RavikrishnanEl1 @holgerschulze23 @harryJW_ @UKRI_News @UKRI_India @UoE_IM @Edin_EID
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📣Last day to register! Webinar on the #diagnostics landscape for self-testing: #HIV, viral #hepatitis & STIs, organized by @EATGx.
📅 15 April
⏰ 1 PM CET
🎙️ Sonjelle Shilton, FIND's Deputy Head HCV Access; @Emm_Fajardo @WHO; Nicole Seguy @WHO_Europe
🔗finddx.org/newsroom/15apr21-…
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Super to see #SocSciAMR research being presented at the Association of Social Anthropologists conference #ASAResponsibility with @cmyuill @dr_loreleijones. @JustinD_902 presents trajectories of global health architecture through rational drug use @FeverStudies 👏
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'Everything in the #COVID19 pandemic is about trust. Innovation is needed in behavioural science on how we as communities & individuals:
-understand epidemics & behave during them
-process information & advice
-build trust
That's as scientific as building vaccines'-@DrMikeRyan
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"The latest diagnostic technologies would be required to detect early spillover in real time" - this paper published in @BMJ_latest explores the need for a global viral surveillance system to prevent the next #pandemic: bit.ly/2ORcKw0
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How to integrate #diagnostics into existing mechanisms for vaccine development and deployment in #response to disease #outbreaks? Don't miss this lecture by Dr. Jilian Sacks from @FINDdx on the last day of the ACDx special edition on #COVID19
Learn more ➡️fondation-merieux.org/en/eve…
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Connect today! Learn about efforts to #BeatNTDs during a webinar on "Partnership in the fight against #NTDs in the next decade: what kind of innovation?"
Connect on 1 March, 14:00 CET bit.ly/3uyipY2
@MathuNdungu @SwissDevCoop @ntds_ch @DNDi
#sleepingsickness
Katie Gass at #ISNTDd3 : Diagnostic needs for (MDA-amendable) NTDs are "unique". Rather than perfect tests, we need to adapt the levers that impact test performance @katiegass @TFGH @ISNTD_Press
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First up in session 4 at today's @ISNTD_Press #isntdd3 is @katiegass @TFGH with 'Rethinking #NTDs #Diagnostics to achieve elimination'
✔️Specificity is key
✔️Consider the M&E tools
✔️🏃🏿♀️from single-test paradigm
✔️Adapt to reflect test performance
#BeatNTDs
The world's first manufacturing lab for epidemics set up in Dakar, Senegal. @mologic Joe Fitchett: "The factor pushing this is frustration" #ISNTDd3 #beatntds @ISNTD_Press
