Capacity-building during public health emergencies: perceived usefulness and cost savings of an online training on SARS-CoV-2 real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) diagnostics in low- and middle-income settings during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Main Authors: Heide Weishaar (Author), Francisco Pozo-Martin (Author), Brogan Geurts (Author), Estibaliz Lopez de Abechuco (Author), Eloisa Montt-Maray (Author), Florin Cristea (Author), Seth Kofi Abrokwa (Author), Thurid Bahr (Author), Sameh Al-Awlaqi (Author), Charbel El Bcheraoui (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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IntroductionUpon the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Public Health Laboratory Support Unit (ZIG4) at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German National Public Health Institute, developed and delivered an online training on SARS-CoV-2 qPCR diagnostics to 17 partner countries in low- and middle-...