Infectious Diseases Threat and Africa’s Health Security

by John Nkengasong, Richard Kamwi
Published 2017-12-01

A new public health order for Africa's health security

by John Nkengasong, Benjamin Djoudalbaye, Olawale Maiyegun
Published 2017-11-01

Building laboratory capacity to combat disease outbreaks in Africa

by Trevor Peter, Mah-Sere Keita, John Nkengasong
Published 2016-10-01

Re-imagining the future of diagnosis of Neglected Tropical Diseases

by Rosanna W. Peeling, Debrah I. Boeras, John Nkengasong
Published 2017-01-01

Assuring the quality of diagnostic testing: The future is now

by John Nkengasong, Debrah I. Boeras, Alash'le Abimiku, Rosanna W. Peeling
Published 2016-10-01

Corrigendum: Assuring the quality of diagnostic testing: the future is now

by John Nkengasong, Debrah I. Boeras, Alash’le Abimiku, Rosanna W. Peeling
Published 2017-07-01

Rolling out Xpert MTB/RIF® for tuberculosis detection in HIV-positive populations: An opportunity for systems strengthening

by Ishani Pathmanathan, Anand Date, William L. Coggin, John Nkengasong, Amy S. Piatek, Heather Alexander
Published 2017-03-01

Availability and Use of HIV Monitoring and Early Infant Diagnosis Technologies in WHO Member States in 2011-2013: Analysis of Annual Surveys at the Facility Level.

by Vincent Habiyambere, Nathan Ford, Daniel Low-Beer, John Nkengasong, Anita Sands, Mercedes Pérez González, Paula Fernandes, Ekaterina Milgotina
Published 2016-08-01

Development and implementation of the Caribbean Laboratory Quality Management Systems Stepwise Improvement Process (LQMS-SIP) Towards Accreditation

by George Alemnji, Lisa Edghill, Giselle Guevara, Sacha Wallace-Sankarsingh, Rachel Albalak, Sebastien Cognat, John Nkengasong, Jean-Marc Gabastou
Published 2017-02-01

Evaluation of the performance of Abbott m2000 and Roche COBAS Ampliprep/COBAS Taqman assays for HIV-1 viral load determination using dried blood spots and dried plasma spots in Ken...

by Clement Zeh, Kenneth Ndiege, Seth Inzaule, Rebecca Achieng, John Williamson, Joy Chih-Wei Chang, Dennis Ellenberger, John Nkengasong
Published 2017-01-01

Evaluation of dried blood spots collected on filter papers from three manufacturers stored at ambient temperature for application in HIV-1 drug resistance monitoring.

by Erin K Rottinghaus, R Suzanne Beard, Ebi Bile, Mosetsanagape Modukanele, Maruping Maruping, Madisa Mine, John Nkengasong, Chunfu Yang
Published 2014-01-01

A new matrix for scoring the functionality of national laboratory networks in Africa: introducing the LABNET scorecard

by Pascale Ondoa, Tjeerd Datema, Mah-Sere Keita-Sow, Linda Oskam, Jean-Bosco Ndihokubwayo, Jocelyn Isadore, John Nkengasong, Kim Lewis
Published 2016-10-01

COVID-19 testing in Africa: lessons learnt

by Pascale Ondoa, Yenew Kebede, Marguerite Massinga Loembe, Jinal N Bhiman, Sofonias Kifle Tessema, Abdourahmane Sow, Amadou Alpha Sall, John Nkengasong
Published 2020-07-01

Onsite healthcare worker acceptability and performance of the point-of-care Pima CD4 assay in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

by Mary E. Schmitz, Karen Chang, Nichole Arnett, Luciana Kohatsu, Ruth Lemwayi, Michael Mwasekaga, John Nkengasong, Omotayo Bolu, Fausta Mosha, Larry Westerman
Published 2019-11-01

Infant HIV diagnosis and turn-around time for testing in Malawi, 2015

by Hammad Ali, Peter Minchella, Geoffrey Chipungu, Evelyn Kim, James Kandulu, Dalitso Midiani, Andrea Kim, Mahesh Swaminathan, Steve Gutreuter, John Nkengasong, Daniel Singer
Published 2020-11-01

Preparing national tiered laboratory systems and networks to advance diagnostics in Africa and meet the continent’s health agenda: Insights into priority areas for improvement

by Pascale Ondoa, Nqobile Ndlovu, Mah-Sere Keita, Marguerite Massinga-Loembe, Yenew Kebede, Collins Odhiambo, Teferi Mekonen, Aytenew Ashenafi, Amha Kebede, John Nkengasong
Published 2020-09-01

Evaluation of Specimen Types for Pima CD4 Point-of-Care Testing: Advantages of Fingerstick Blood Collection into an EDTA Microtube.

by Luciana Kohatsu, Omotayo Bolu, Mary E Schmitz, Karen Chang, Ruth Lemwayi, Nichole Arnett, Michael Mwasekaga, John Nkengasong, Fausta Mosha, Larry E Westerman
Published 2018-01-01

African AIDS vaccine programme for a coordinated and collaborative vaccine development effort on the continent.

by Pontiano Kaleebu, Alash'le Abimiku, Shenaaz El-Halabi, Sinata Koulla-Shiro, Nicole Mamotte, Souleymane Mboup, Roy Mugerwa, John Nkengasong, Coumba Toure-Kane, Tim Tucker, Douglas Wassenaar, Carolyn Williamson, Dawit Wolday
Published 2008-12-01

Population-based biochemistry, immunologic and hematological reference values for adolescents and young adults in a rural population in Western Kenya.

by Clement Zeh, Pauli N Amornkul, Seth Inzaule, Pascale Ondoa, Boaz Oyaro, Dufton M Mwaengo, Hilde Vandenhoudt, Anthony Gichangi, John Williamson, Timothy Thomas, Kevin M Decock, Clyde Hart, John Nkengasong, Kayla Laserson
Published 2011-01-01

Detection of minority drug resistant mutations in Malawian HIV-1 subtype C-positive patients initiating and on first-line antiretroviral therapy

by Zhiyong Zhou, Kevin Tang, Guoqing Zhang, Nellie Wadonda-Kabondo, Kundai Moyo, Lori A. Rowe, Joshua R. DeVos, Nick Wagar, Du-Ping Zheng, Hongxiong Guo, John Nkengasong, Mike Frace, Scott Sammons, Chunfu Yang
Published 2018-05-01