Tropical Laboratory Initiative
- Lead PI: Yanis Ben Amor
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Unit Affiliation: Center for Sustainable Development (CSD)
- December 2017 - December 2019
- Inactive
- ; Kumasi, Ghana
- Project Type: Research
DESCRIPTION: The Tropical Laboratory Initiative (TLI) is an integrated program improving the diagnostic capacity of rural, remote settings in order to reduce morbidity and mortality due to treatable infectious diseases. In this way, the TLI attempts to address the operational and research gaps that exist in the provision of health care in rural contexts. This project developed a model of rural laboratory in Ashnati region, Ghana.
OUTCOMES: Increased access to diagnostic services at the rural level