Sandra Incardona
About Sandra Incardona
Role(s) / Profession(s)
- Technical Specialist, Advisor
Organization
- Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics - FIND
Work Location(s)
- Switzerland
Language(s)
Sandra's Communities
Recent Contributions
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Sandra Incardona replied to "Malaria RDT Expert Panel SESSION 1: Interpreting the Test in Context" in the Malaria Treatment & Prevention community.
(Reply to Lungile Shoba-Zunghali) In fact, in an increasing number of countries, malaria RDTs are implemented at the community level. This means they are used by ‘village or community health workers’, specifically trained to provide some basic health care to their village/community, such as malaria RDTs and ACT treatment. In ...
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Sandra Incardona replied to "Malaria RDT Expert Panel SESSION 1: Interpreting the Test in Context" in the Malaria Treatment & Prevention community.
(Reply to Violet Chaka) Yes, I agree that adherence to all these simple steps, such as blood volume, reading time etc. is important. The best way to ensure this is to arrange for good training of the end users when RDTs are implemented, and insist in all these aspects that ...
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Sandra Incardona replied to "Malaria RDT Expert Panel SESSION 1: Interpreting the Test in Context" in the Malaria Treatment & Prevention community.
(Reply to Th. Hanscheid) We indeed have evidence that hrp2 and/or hrp3 deletions exist: it has been found in substantial proportions of samples in the Peruvian Amazon (ref. Gamboa D, et al: A large proportion of P. falciparum isolates in the Amazon region of Peru lack pfhrp2 and pfhrp3: implications ...
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Sandra Incardona replied to "Malaria RDT Expert Panel SESSION 1: Interpreting the Test in Context" in the Malaria Treatment & Prevention community.
Some resources from the FIND and WHO-WPRO websites: WHO-FIND RDT product testing programme: http://www.finddiagnostics.org/programs/malaria/find_activities/product_testing/ WHO-FIND RDT lot testing programme: http://www.finddiagnostics.org/programs/malaria/find_activities/lot_testing/ Training materials for malaria RDTs: http://www.finddiagnostics.org/programs/malaria/find_activities/rdt-job-aids/ RDT transport and storage guides: http://www.finddiagnostics.org/resource-centre/reports_brochures/transporting-storing-handling-malaria-tests.html Reports and brochures around quality of malaria diagnostics in general: http://www.finddiagnostics.org/programs/malaria/publications.jsp The malaria RDT website of WHO-WPRO (Western ...
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Sandra Incardona replied to "Malaria RDT Expert Panel SESSION 1: Interpreting the Test in Context" in the Malaria Treatment & Prevention community.
A few resources available on the FIND website (Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics): WHO-FIND RDT product testing programme: http://www.finddiagnostics.org/programs/malaria/find_activities/product_testing/ WHO-FIND RDT lot testing programme: http://www.finddiagnostics.org/programs/malaria/find_activities/lot_testing/ Training materials for malaria RDTs: http://www.finddiagnostics.org/programs/malaria/find_activities/rdt-job-aids/ RDT transport and storage guides: http://www.finddiagnostics.org/resource-centre/reports_brochures/transporting-storing-handling-malaria-tests.html Reports and brochures around quality of malaria diagnostics in general: http://www.finddiagnostics.org/programs/malaria/publications.jsp The webiste ...
Recent Recommendations
- None at this time.