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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Improvement of tuberculosis laboratory capacity on Pemba Island, Zanzibar: A health cooperation project
PLoS ONE, Volume 7, No. 8, Article e44109, Year 2012
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Low-income countries with high Tuberculosis burden have few reference laboratories able to perform TB culture. In 2006, the Zanzibar National TB Control Programme planned to decentralize TB diagnostics. The Italian Cooperation Agency with the scientific support of the "L. Spallanzani" National Institute for Infectious Diseases sustained the project through the implementation of a TB reference laboratory in a low-income country with a high prevalence of TB. The implementation steps were: 1) TB laboratory design according to the WHO standards; 2) laboratory equipment and reagent supplies for microscopy, cultures, and identification; 3) on-the-job training of the local staff; 4) web- and telemedicine-based supervision. From April 2007 to December 2010, 921 sputum samples were received from 40 peripheral laboratories: 120 TB cases were diagnosed. Of all the smear-positive cases, 74.2% were culture-positive. During the year 2010, the smear positive to culture positive rate increased up to 100%. In March 20, 2010 the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Zanzibar officially recognized the Public Health Laboratory- Ivo de Carneri as the National TB Reference Laboratory for the Zanzibar Archipelago. An advanced TB laboratory can represent a low cost solution to strengthen the TB diagnosis, to provide capacity building and mid-term sustainability. © 2012 Paglia et al.
Authors & Co-Authors
Paglia, Maria Grazia
Italy, Rome
Irccs Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani
Bevilacqua, Nazario
Italy, Rome
Irccs Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani
Haji, Haji Said
Tanzania, Mkokotoni, Zanzibar
Public Health Laboratory-ivo de Carneri
Vairo, Francesco
Italy, Rome
Irccs Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani
Italy, Rome
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Girardi, Enrico
Italy, Rome
Irccs Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani
Nicastri, Emanuele
Italy, Rome
Irccs Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani
Muhsin, Juma
Tanzania, Mkokotoni
Ministry of Health Zanzibar
Racalbuto, Vincenzo
Italy, Rome
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Jiddawi, Mohamed Saleh
Tanzania, Mkokotoni
Ministry of Health Zanzibar
Ippolito, Giuseppe
Italy, Rome
Irccs Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani
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Citations: 10
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0044109
e-ISSN:
19326203
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study