Towards better health on the African continent, Russian mobile laboratories will be supplied to the Republic of Congo and Ethiopia by the end of the year.
The Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova was speaking during the third International training exercise for mobile rapid response laboratories held in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod city, adding that Mobile laboratories are already in use in Burundi and Uganda.
Similarly, the minister underlined that the geographical scope of Russian mobile laboratories is expanding, noting that following the increase in mpox cases and a public health emergency of international concern declared by the WHO, Russia has already transferred several thousand of its tests to CIS and African countries.
Moreover, researches have been conducted in Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda. She added that Russian specialists work with foreign colleagues in 4 infectious disease research centers established in the last 7 years that is in Guinea, Vietnam, Venezuela and Burundi.
In September, Russia organized training courses for Congolese specialists in the capital of Brazzaville covering modern mpox detection methods and other relevant issues.
However, the purpose of the Third International training exercise for mobile rapid response laboratories is to exchange experience and practice skills in responding to health and epidemiological emergencies, and is expected to bring together experts from 30 countries of the CIS, Africa, Asia, Europe and South America
