DiaTROPiX

This innovation supports the Partnership element.

By
Amadou Sall & Cheikh Tidiane Diagne & Joe Fitchett

From
Senegal & France & UK

Pitch
The diaTROPiX project, launched in 2018, is a collaborative initiative between Institut Pasteur of Dakar, the French National Research Institute for Development (IRD), and the Mérieux Foundation. The aim of the project is to set up a unit to produce diagnostic tests and monitor neglected tropical diseases in Senegal. The rationale behind the project is two-fold: there is a shortage of locally available, affordable, reliable diagnostic tests, and there is a need for more local diagnostic test production expertise and capability in West Africa. In the framework of a partnership with Mologic, a British biotech company founded by the inventor of the Clearblue pregnancy test, researchers began validation trials on a COVID-19 diagnostic test that can be done at home and produce results in as little as 10 minutes - all for $1.

Stage
Prototype

Web
https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/institut-pasteur-dakar-senegal/ https://mologic.co.uk/mologic-develops-new-lateral-flow-testing-platform-partners-with-west-african-dx-center/ https://www.fondation-merieux.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/merieux-foundation-annual-report-2018.pdf

Extra
Media: https://qz.com/africa/1816621/coronavirus-rapid-test-kits-to-be-made-in-senegal-with-uk-help/ Media: https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/pandemic-biohazard/building-on-ebola-research-senegal-partners-with-uk-to-develop-10-minute-handheld-coronavirus-test/ Media: https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/recherche-les-kits-de-depistage-du-covid-19-fabriques-dakar-vont-ils-changer-la-donne Media: https://www.devex.com/news/why-the-uk-wants-a-new-coronavirus-test-to-be-made-in-senegal-96771 Media: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/senegal-10-minute-coronavirus-test-1-200327053901231.html Media: https://www.jeuneafrique.com/917210/societe/le-defi-dun-laboratoire-senegalais-pour-tester-le-coronavirus-en-10-minutes/ Media: https://www.bbc.com/afrique/region-51851650 Quote: “Our focus is to provide tests to the African continent” Amadou Sall

Tags
Health; Partnerships

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