#diagnostics

ISNTD Infectious Thoughts

Prudence Hamade (Myanmar & UK): contracting dengue while working in an outbreak

Dr. Prudence Hamade is Senior Technical Advisor at Malaria Consortium. Trained as a pediatrician, she has more than 20 years’ multi-country experience on implementing and capacity building initiatives to improve quality of care and control of infectious diseases, malnutrition and child health and has provided technical oversight and management for neglected tropical diseases programmes in sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia. In 2001, Prudence fell ill with dengue while work

Hadian Sasmita (Indonesia): dengue at age twelve

Hadian Sasmita is a researcher at the National Nuclear Energy Agency, Indonesia. Hadian contracted dengue while she was a child, aged 12, during an outbreak in the capital city Jakarta. Hadian talks about her experience fighting this infection in the story below. I got infected with the dengue virus when I was 12 years old - this was 20 years ago. After my first symptoms, my infection was clinically confirmed by a medical doctor. When I think back, I remember we had to go to

Nicola Hill (UK): dengue, an infection with far-reaching consequences

Nicola Hill is an acclaimed British health journalist and seasoned traveller. When dengue fever hit her while meeting with her daughter in Bali, Nicola's trip was ruined but in addition her outlook for future travel to tropical regions was changed forever. This is Nicola's story. It was the rash that made me seek medical help; it was the final symptom that made me think this wasn't flu but possibly something more serious. I had been suffering with a headache and increasing ex

Donald Brooks (Burkina Faso & USA): dengue & misdiagnosis

Donald Brooks is CEO and founder of Initiative:Eau an NGO dedicated to increasing the safety and quality of drinking water services in developing areas. In September 2017, he contracted dengue fever whilst on deployment in Burkina Faso, but was repeatedly misdiagnosed as infected with malaria and treated accordingly. Donald Brooks' illness highlights the current gaps in dengue diagnostics and surveillance, as well as the urgent need for both a low-cost dengue diagnostic tool

Pauline Paterson (The Vaccine Confidence Project / LSHTM): Sustaining trust in a post-truth world -

Dr. Pauline Paterson (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, The Vaccine Confidence Project) speaks about sustaining trust in a post-truth world and the interplay between social media, misinformation and vaccination programmes. Recorded as part of the the "Sustaining vaccine confidence in a post-truth era" session chaired by Zoe Mullan, Editor at the Lancet Global Health, at the ISNTD d³ 2018 conference on drug discovery, development and diagnostics for tropical diseas

Dr. Francis Moussy (World Health Organisation)

Dr. Francis Moussy World Health Organisation Essential Diagnostics List Secretariat In May 2018, the World Health Organisation led the way in helping to prioritise diagnostics in global health by launching its Essential Diagnostics List (EDL). Dr. Francis Moussy, member of the EDL Secretariat at the WHO and currently leading projects to facilitate the development, access and use of in vitro diagnostics that are suitable for Low-and-Middle Income Countries (LMICs), was instrum

Dr. Lisa Reimer (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)

Dr. Lisa Reimer Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Department of Vector Biology Senior Lecturer Dr. Lisa Reimer is Senior Lecturer at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, where she is affiliated both to the Department of Vector Biology and Department of Parasitology. Dr. Reimer's work has focused on entomology and insecticide-resistance, including a tenure as head of Entomology at the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research. Recently, Dr. Reimer's research pro