<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Dear Sir/Madam<br></div>I cannot access the monkey because the computer is too slow. We did culture campylobacter from stools of children as part of Master of Medicine Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the qualification; briefly stool was cultured on campylobacter medium and microaerophilic conditions created using iron fillings in a tight plastic container. <br>
</div>In summary we can carry out this activity but it is not a continous process because of lack of logistics<br></div>The laboratory is in the process of preparing for accreditation<br></div>Thank you<br></div>Yours faithfully<br>
</div>Najjuka C.F<br></div>Lecturer<br></div>Department of Medical Microbiology<br></div>School of Biomedical Sciences<br></div>College of Health Sciences<br></div>Makerere University<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 2:54 AM,  <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pulsenetafrica@lists.wits.ac.za" target="_blank">pulsenetafrica@lists.wits.ac.za</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-GB"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Dear Colleagues<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Please would you complete this self-explanatory email on behalf of WHO if it applies to your laboratory?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">thanks<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script";color:#220022" lang="EN-ZA">Karen H. Keddy<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script";color:#360036" lang="EN-ZA"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4f6228" lang="EN-ZA">Dr KH Keddy</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4f6228" lang="EN-ZA"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5a702e" lang="EN-ZA">Tel: <a href="tel:%2B27%2011%20386%206269" value="+27113866269" target="_blank">+27 11 386 6269</a> | Fax: <a href="tel:%2B27%2011%20555%200431" value="+27115550431" target="_blank">+27 11 555 0431</a> | Cell:<a href="tel:%2B27%2082%20809%205667" value="+27828095667" target="_blank">+27 82 809 5667</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#5a702e" lang="EN-ZA"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue" lang="PT"><a href="mailto:karenk@nicd.ac.za" target="_blank">karenk@nicd.ac.za</a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue" lang="PT"> |<u><a href="http://www.nicd.ac.za" target="_blank">www.nicd.ac.za</a><u></u><u></u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue" lang="PT"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue" lang="PT"><u></u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><u></u></span></u></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> YOUSSEF MASRI, Mohammad Toma [mailto:<a href="mailto:youssefm@who.int" target="_blank">youssefm@who.int</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 11 June 2014 5:35 PM<br><b>To:</b> Karen Keddy<br><b>Cc:</b> AIDARA-KANE, Awa; CAWTHORNE, Amy Louise; <a href="mailto:Olivier_VANDENBERG@stpierre-bru.be" target="_blank">Olivier_VANDENBERG@stpierre-bru.be</a>; Marie Hellin (<a href="mailto:marhel3007@hotmail.com" target="_blank">marhel3007@hotmail.com</a>)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Online survey to assess laboratory capacity for isolation and identification of Campylobacter<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Dear Karen,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm"><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">As I mentioned to you this morning, </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?url=http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/VUBULB.html&rct=j&frm=1&q=&esrc=s&sa=U&ei=BG6YU-nXBYWd0AXSqYHACA&ved=0CCsQFjAB&usg=AFQjCNFIuBRd5WRYn3e8EryYP8oMkMV-Jg" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1f497d;text-decoration:none">The Free University of Brussels</span></a> in collaboration with GFN </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">has </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">developed an online </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">s</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">urvey to assess</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">laboratory capacity for isolation, diagnosis and identification of Campylobacter.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">P</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">lease find below links to the  English and French versions of the survey.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://fr.surveymonkey.com/s/93G9JJ2" title="https://fr.surveymonkey.com/s/93G9JJ2" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0066cc">https://fr.surveymonkey.com/s/93G9JJ2</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">in English</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://fr.surveymonkey.com/s/J965N76" title="https://fr.surveymonkey.com/s/J965N76" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0066cc">https://fr.surveymonkey.com/s/J965N76</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">in French</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">We appreciate your kind help complete the online survey which will take around 30 minutes.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">You could also circulate the survey to those national health/vet/food laboratories in African countries which you think would have reasonable capacity for isolation and diagnosis of diarrheal and foodborne enteropathogens.  <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I thank you in advance for your kind help.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Kind regards<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Mohammad Youssef<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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