The specific objectives of the project are as follows



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  • Building Linkages for Capacity Strengthening in Veterinary and Public Health Preparedness and Resilience for Prevention and Control Infectious Diseases with Epidemic Potential in Sierra Leone and Guinea









The specific objectives of the project are as follows:

  • The specific objectives of the project are as follows:

  •  To establish a laboratory at Njala University to perform molecular and serological testing on human and animal samples for infectious diseases.

  • To train a pool of laboratory experts that can perform these tests in a safe and reliable way leading to high quality results.

  • To make the newly established laboratory services at Njala University attractive and provide laboratory support to the general public health and veterinary services in Sierra Leone.

  • To train a pool of laboratory experts to design and execute research projects that will provide evidence-based rational interventions in infectious disease control.

  • To create a pool of trainers that can provide training modules in basic laboratory diagnostic techniques on infectious diseases at Njala University.



  • Strengthen veterinary and Public Health laboratories in Njala University to:

  • Ensure rapid and safe sample collection

  • Sample collection, transportation and handling

  • Rapid and accurate sample testing

  • Timely communication of results



These were selected based on their documented presence in Sierra Leone and the potential to cause pandemics or severe epidemics:

  • These were selected based on their documented presence in Sierra Leone and the potential to cause pandemics or severe epidemics:

  • Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers

  • Ebola viral disease by Ebola virus including the closely related filovirus, Marburg virus

  • Lassa fever caused by the Lassa virus

  • Rift Valley fever caused by the RVF phlebovirus

  • Rabies, caused by Lyssaviruses

  • Highly pathogenic Influenza viruses

  • The Global wake call for Zika has also raised concern for inclusion into the mini projects



Health laboratory services are essential for the efficient delivery of quality and cost-effective healthcare

  • Health laboratory services are essential for the efficient delivery of quality and cost-effective healthcare

  • Over the past few years the crucial role of laboratories in diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and public health disease outbreaks is becoming more and more recognized and the attention for the quality of laboratory services in resource poor countries has increased tremendously

  • International Health Regulations (IHR, 2005) requires WHO member states to ‘establish mechanisms to provide reliable and timely laboratory diagnosis of infectious agents and other hazards potentially causing public health emergencies of national and international concern’

  • One Health concept envisaged seeks to improve health and well-being through the prevention of risks and the mitigation crises that originate at the interface between humans, animals and their various environments; through which the laboratory provides evidence-base for rational interventions

  • As the laboratory will be part of the university-wide initiatives, it will provide opportunities for students to gain important practical expertise



No fully functional laboratories at Njala University for the ongoing projects

  • No fully functional laboratories at Njala University for the ongoing projects

  • Laboratory specialists are lacking, which is the ultimate vision of RNE Post-Ebola project.

  • Electric supply very erratic, but there is room for improvement.

  • There is no regular equipment maintenance schedule and training of technicians for installations, repairs and maintenance of laboratory equipment



Laboratory staff interviewed and three currently employed

  • Laboratory staff interviewed and three currently employed

  • Training on biosafety, biosecurity and good laboratory practices completed

  • Laboratory renovations completed

  • Drafts on mini projects developed and under review by partners

  • Equipment, some reagents and some consumables procured and received



Bio-safety Risk Assessment and Management

  • Bio-safety Risk Assessment and Management

  • Waste Management; disinfection, autoclaves and global

  • harmonization

  • Bio-security

  • Personal Protective Equipment

  • Occupational Health and Incident Management

  • Chemical Safety

  • Basic Principles of Good laboratory Practice

  • Infectious Diseases

  • Specimen Collection and Transport

  • Safety Inspections/Audits



Coordinators, facilitators and the trained staff to pair up and engage in the ‘mini’ projects

  • Coordinators, facilitators and the trained staff to pair up and engage in the ‘mini’ projects

  • The Ministry of Health and Sanitation to firm up and give a final decision on the staff to join the project on permanent basis.

  • Local partnerships envisaged from Schools of Natural Resource Management (Department of Wild Life, Biodiversity and Eco-tourism) and Environmental Sciences (Department of Biological Sciences)

  • Faculty of Applied Sciences at Fourah Bay College of the University of Sierra Leone is also interested in partnership for joint research and training opportunities



Project intervention for data collection and reporting

  • Project intervention for data collection and reporting

  • Initial target populations are the chiefdoms within Moyamba district

  • the laboratory will function as a second line laboratory where samples from patients or animals suspected of viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHF) and other zoonotic infections will be tested

  • Data will be collected at the request of the health workers, veterinary workers, government or other stakeholders such as NGOs, hospitals or development agencies.

  • Geographical area of the study sites will be determined by the emerging mini projects of the selected diseases. The location of the mini-projects may also differ per project.

  • These activities are presented graphically in the Gantt chart (see Table 1 on next slide)





Upgrade the level of technical knowledge and expertise of current and new staff via training of trainers, training and exchange visits

  • Upgrade the level of technical knowledge and expertise of current and new staff via training of trainers, training and exchange visits

  • Enhance the ‘one-health’ concept regarding emerging outbreaks of zoonotic diseases, in particular viral haemorrhagic fevers

  • Upgrade lab facilities and equipment to facilitate routine diagnostic testing

  • Integrate lab services into the national health machinery

  • Develop, implement and sustain a quality assurance system

  • Initiate the implementation of a quality management system based on ISO15189:2012.

  • Expand beyond the present scope forging increased partnerships at national and international levels with the view to establish a three-storey complex as Njala University Central Laboratory for field operation.



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  • WHO. Ebola Situation Report - 2 September 2015. (2015) Available at: http://apps.who.int/ebola/current-situation/ebola-situation-report-2-september-2015 (accessed 03/09/2015).

  • The Economist. The toll of a tragedy. 27 August 2015 (2015) Available at: http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/08/ebola-graphics

  • BCC. New Ebola death confirmed in Sierra Leone. (2015) Available at: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-34121973 (accessed on: 03/09/2015)

  • Alexander, K. A. et al. What Factors Might Have Led to the Emergence of Ebola in West Africa? PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis. 9 (2015).

  • WHO. Ebola data and statistics. (2015) Available at: http://apps.who.int/gho/data/view.ebola-sitrep.ebola-country-LBR-20150826-data?lang=en (accessed on: 03/09/2015).

  • Baize, S. et al. Emergence of Zaire Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea - Preliminary Report. N. Engl. J. Med. 371, 1418–25 (2014).

  • Richards, P. et al. Social pathways for Ebola virus disease in rural Sierra Leone, and some implications for containment. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis. 2015; 9, 7.

  • Richards, P. & et. al. Village Responses to Ebola Virus Disease in Rural Central Sierra Leone, an interim report to the SMAC programme 2015.





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