In this webinar, co-hosted by WHO and FIND, we discussed efforts undertaken through The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT)-Accelerator to enable countries to improve their community-based testing for SARS-CoV-2 through the development of testing protocols and training of health-care workers, with experience sharing from Somalia and Zimbabwe. We also discussed the newly published interim guidance on Use of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detection rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19 self-testing.
We welcomed:
Dr Mark Perkins, Dr Jilian Sacks, Dr Céline Barnadas (WHO HQ)
Dr Sanjay Sarin (FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics)
Mr Tapiwanashe Kujinga (Director of the Pan-African Treatment Access Movement (PATAM), Zimbabwe)
Mr Solomon Chane (WHO, Somalia)
Webinar series held in English, with interpretation in French, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and Portuguese.
Launched in May 2020, this knowledge sharing platform aims to enhance WHO guidance dissemination and best practice sharing among public health laboratories globally. This WHO platform contributes to the ACT-Accelerator Diagnostics pillar activities by enabling country preparedness.