With support of VLIR-UOS, a team of µFlow Cell travelled to Ethiopia to install the SIMPAQ (Single Image Quantification of Parasites in Stool) at the parasitology lab of Jimma University. Together with the local team, we will further develop the tool into a new diagnostic device to detect soil transmitted helminth (STH) infections. At the occasion of World NTD Day stakeholders met at Jimma University to ‘Act Now. Act Together. Invest in Neglected Tropical Diseases’. We were happy to join a field visit to a school and first line health centre, places where we hope our tool ultimately can make the difference.
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