Our Publications
2024
The GIBACHT fellowship: a multilateral initiative for strengthening capacity in biosafety and biosecurity towards pandemic preparedness
- Mertens E, Zimmermann M, Dywicki J, Lee M-H, Pelikan J, Bürkin BM, Rutebemberwa E and Hoffmann A
- Front. Public Health 12:1385579. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1385579
2022
Adapting teaching and learning in times of COVID-19: a comparative assessment among higher education institutions in a global health network in 2020
- Puradiredja DI, Kintu-Sempa L, Eyber C, Weigel R, Broucker B, Lindkvist M, Casamitjana N, Reynolds R, Klinkel HF, Matteelli A, Froeschl G.
- BMC Med Educ. 2022 Jun 28;22(1):507. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03568-4.
2021
Case studies on the management of public health events in Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East - the GIBACHT approach
- Mertens E.
- Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Dec 17;40(Suppl 2):6. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.40.2.34149.
Cholera outbreak in Funpur, Winland
- Shah MN, Saleh E, Mertens E, Bellali H, Rutebemberwa E.
- Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Dec 16;40(Suppl 2):4. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.40.2.30989.
Containment of a fatal and highly infectious disease outbreak
- Mwanje W, Mohammed MA, Gidimadjor E, Mertens E, Bürkin BM, Hoffmann A.
- Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Dec 16;40(Suppl 2):2. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.40.2.30897.
Emergence of a febrile illness of unknown causes among the population and visitors of Upper Egypt
- Ibrahim MM, Amir AH, Strauss R, Syed MA, Mertens E.
- Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Dec 16;40(Suppl 2):3. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.40.2.30988.
Investigation of an outbreak caused by an unknown infectious pathogen in rural Zola
- Aku FY, Beisembekova D, Adebisi NA, Mertens E, Wende L, Marashi SM, Dywicki J.
- Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Dec 16;40(Suppl 2):5. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.40.2.30990.
Outbreak investigation of an unknown gastrointestinal illness in District Victoria, Country Mala, 2016
- Syed MA, Shumuye NA, Anyorikeya M, Usenbaev Syed MA, Shumuye NA, Anyorikeya M, Usenbaev N, Mertens E, Bellali H, Rutebemberwa E.
- Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Dec 15;40(Suppl 2):1. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.40.2.30992.
2020
Reasons for and barriers to biosafety and biosecurity training in health-related organizations in Africa, Middle East and Central Asia: findings from GIBACHT training needs assessments 2018-2019
- Rutebemberwa E, Aku FY, Zein EIKA, Bellali H
- Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Sep 16;37:64. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.37.64.23390.