According to the United Nations, capacity building is defined as the process of developing and strengthening the skills, instincts, abilities, processes and resources that organizations and communities need to survive, adapt, and thrive in a fast-changing world. In order to achieve its mission of developing trustworthy equitable healthcare diagnostics and clinical support for respiratory tract infections, developing local skills and resources is an integral part of this project.
To achieve this, HOLICARE will undertake the following actions to ensure capacity building:
1. Enhancing digital infrastructures to link them with local health systems
2. Creating quality-controlled biobanks
3. Enabling data connectivity for diagnostic results data flow
4. Ensuring QC processes and enhancement of local manufacturing
Knowledge Management
In this section, we share publications and resources from HOLICARE partners and external experts, covering both the technical aspects of diagnostics—such as LAMP and LFT technologies—and their public health implications.
Impact Of Diagnostic Excellence on Public Health
The successful uptake and sustainability of rapid infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance point-of-care testing requires a complex ‘mix-and-match’ implementation package
An Automated Versatile DiagnosticWorkflow for Infectious Disease Detection in Low-Resource Settings
REASSURED diagnostics to inform disease control strategies, strengthen health systems and improve patient outcomes
The Future of Diagnostic Excellence
Novel Immunoassays for Host-Response Biomarkers & Integration of Immunoassays in PCR-Performing Devices
The Bound-Free Phase Detection Immunoassay (BFPD-IA) Application Note
BFPD-IA operating principle and multiplexing:
One-step, wash-free, bead-based immunoassay employing bound-free phase detection
BFPD-IA with real patient samples:
Patient Stratification for Antibiotic Prescriptions Based on the Bound-Free Phase Detection Immunoassay of C-Reactive Protein in Serum Samples
ImmunoDisk—A Fully Automated Bead-Based Immunoassay Cartridge with All Reagents Pre-Stored
The ImmunoDisk on commercial PCR POC device:
Integration of a Bead-Based Immunoassay on a Commercial PCR-Performing POC Device
