Laboratoire National de Santé Publique du Congo

Infection of urban rodents by SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 healthcare facilities in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

BACKGROUND: Considering the global increase of COVID-19 cases in the healthcare facilities between 2020 and 2021, and the widespread presence of pest rodents in Brazzaville, we conducted this study at the end of the pandemic peak to assess the potential for urban rodents to be in...

Operated genital fistulas in Yaoundé, Cameroon: clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes

Abstract Introduction Female genital fistula remains a major cause of incontinence, stigma and disability in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study aimed to describe the epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic characteristics of women operated on for genital fistula in two surgic...

National Implementation of a Tuberculosis Sample Referral Network to Expand Access to Molecular Diagnosis in the Republic of Congo: Pilot Evaluation and Programmatic Analysis (2023–2025)

Background: Limited access to rapid molecular diagnostics remains a major barrier to timely tuberculosis (TB) detection and drug-resistance surveillance in resource-constrained settings. In the Republic of Congo, GeneXpert MTB/RIF platforms remain concentrated in a few laboratori...