11 - Novel Approaches to Diagnostics in Developing Countries

Speaker(s)

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  Snježana Židovec Lepej, PhD

  Head of Department of Immunological and Molecular Diagnostics, Assistant Professor (Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb)
  University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Zagreb, Croatia
  Zagreb, Croatia

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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  Timothy Amukele

  Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  Baltimore, Maryland

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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  Susan Graham, MD MPH PhD

  Associate Professor
  University of Washington
  Seattle, Washington

  Disclosure: Cepheid : Grant/Research Support (Status: Ongoing); Gilead : Grant/Research Support (Status: Ongoing)

Learning Objectives:

• describe the impact of distance on health care utilization, access, and cost using examples of the uses of drones in health
• describe how to critically evaluate diagnostic usefulness of rapid point of care serological and molecular assays
• identify currently available point of care tests for HIV and hepatitis viral detection, their potential uses, and the challenges with scale-up

Presentations:

• 4:15pm – 4:35pm EDT

  Specimen Transport. Are Drones the Answer?
  Timothy Amukele – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• 4:35pm – 4:55pm EDT

  Rapid Point of Care Tests
  Snježana Židovec Lepej, PhD – University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Zagreb, Croatia
• 4:55pm – 5:15pm EDT

  Point of Care Viral Load Testing
  Susan M. Graham, MD MPH PhD – University of Washington