Our paper “Social Network Analysis of the Schistosomiasis control program in two local government areas in Oyo state, Nigeria: Insights for NTD elimination plans” is now online in PLOS Neglected Diseases. Abstract: Schistosomiasis is one…
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Short Movie on Schistoscope
The Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE) came around to make this wonderful short movie on the Schistoscope. Enjoy!
New paper in Parasitology
Our recent paper titled “A review on innovative optical devices for the diagnosis of human soil-transmitted helminthiasis and schistosomiasis: from research and development to commercialization” has been published in Parasitology Abstract Diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminth…
New paper in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Our paper titled “Towards Inclusive Diagnostics for Neglected TropicalDiseases: User Experience of a New Digital Diagnostic Devicein Low-Income Settings” on the usability of our diagnostic devices has been published in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases…
INSPiRED Paper in Global Health: Science and Practice
This summer, our paper titled “Stakeholders’ Perspectives on the Application of New Diagnostic Devices for Urinary Schistosomiasis in Oyo State, Nigeria: A Q-Methodology Approach” was published in Global Health: Science and Practice. This study focuses…
INSPiRED Mid-Term Movie
“Our INSPiRED team has made great progress in the first term of the project. Through co-creation with our consortium partners and local stakeholders, we have developed and evaluated several prototypes of optical devices that have…
Eduscope wins Braun Design Prize
We are very excited that the Industrial Design Team that developed the Eduscope has won the renowned Braun Design Prize! A great motivation for the students and INSPiRED team to further develop the Eduscope and…
Seminar on schistosomiasis diagnostics
On October 25th 2021, Lisette van Lieshout, PI of the INSPiRED project, gave an online international seminar about schistosomiasis diagnostic research at the LUMC. This presentation gives an up-to-date overview of the non-microscopy diagnostic assays the…
NTD Innovation Award
On 9 September 2021, the NWO-INSPiRED project was awarded the prestigious Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Innovation Prize in the domain diagnostics. The NTD Innovation Prize was launched in 2019 by American Leprosy Missions. It encourages and supports…
Parasite Detection using Hyperspectral Microscopy
Sjoerd Krab successfully defended his MSc. thesis on: Parasite Detection using Hyperspectral Microscopy in Malaria and Schistosoma diagnostics: the approximation and detection of spectral signatures The first goal of his thesis work was to estimate the spectral signature…
