Strengthening laboratories in response to outbreaks in humanitarian emergencies and conflict settings: Results, challenges and lessons from expanding PCR diagnostic capacities for COVID-19 testing in Yemen

• Ismail Mahat Bashir ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ismail Mahat Bashir, Ali Ahmed Al-Waleedi, Nicole Sarkis, Adham Rashad Ismail Abdel Moneim, Nuha Mahmoud

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bashiri@who.int (IMB); ali_alwaleedi@hotmail.com (AAA-W); mahmoudn@who.int (NM)

  Affiliation World Health Organization, Sana’a, Yemen

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5614-2436

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• Ali Ahmed Al-Waleedi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ismail Mahat Bashir, Ali Ahmed Al-Waleedi, Nicole Sarkis, Adham Rashad Ismail Abdel Moneim, Nuha Mahmoud

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bashiri@who.int (IMB); ali_alwaleedi@hotmail.com (AAA-W); mahmoudn@who.int (NM)

  Affiliation Ministry of Public Health and Population, Aden, Yemen

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• Saeed Mohamed Al-Shaibani ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation World Health Organization, Sana’a, Yemen

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• Mohammed Rajamanar ,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation World Health Organization, Sana’a, Yemen

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• Shougi Al-Akbari ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Ministry of Public Health and Population, Aden, Yemen

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• Abdulelah Al-Harazi ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation National Centre for Public Health Laboratories, Sanaa, Yemen

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• Layla Salim Aliwah ,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation National Centre for Public Health Laboratories, Sanaa, Yemen

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• Nahed Ahmed Salem ,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation National Centre for Public Health Laboratories, Aden, Yemen

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• Dina Al-Ademi ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation World Health Organization, Sana’a, Yemen

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• Amal Barakat ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation World Health Organization, East Mediterranean Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt

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• Nicole Sarkis ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ismail Mahat Bashir, Ali Ahmed Al-Waleedi, Nicole Sarkis, Adham Rashad Ismail Abdel Moneim, Nuha Mahmoud

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation World Health Organization, Sana’a, Yemen

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• Abdinasir Abubakar ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation World Health Organization, East Mediterranean Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt

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• Mikiko Senga ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation World Health Organization, Sana’a, Yemen

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• Altaf Musani ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation World Health Organization, Sana’a, Yemen

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• Adham Rashad Ismail Abdel Moneim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ismail Mahat Bashir, Ali Ahmed Al-Waleedi, Nicole Sarkis, Adham Rashad Ismail Abdel Moneim, Nuha Mahmoud

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation World Health Organization, Sana’a, Yemen

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• Nuha Mahmoud

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ismail Mahat Bashir, Ali Ahmed Al-Waleedi, Nicole Sarkis, Adham Rashad Ismail Abdel Moneim, Nuha Mahmoud

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bashiri@who.int (IMB); ali_alwaleedi@hotmail.com (AAA-W); mahmoudn@who.int (NM)

  Affiliation World Health Organization, Sana’a, Yemen

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