Table 3 Overview of all training activities between 2018 and 2021

Introduction to mobile laboratory operations and diagnostic panels

Operation, BSL3/4 Biosafety and PPE, Workflows, workstations,

Diagnostic algorithm and key equipment (Glovebox, CFX96, Tecan ELISA)

October 2018

BNITM, Hamburg

4 weeks

12 regional trainers

EAC/BNITM;

Additional user training by BioRad, Tecan, Altona Diagnostics, Seegene/Inqaba

Ebola virus disease (EVD) emergency response

Mobile Laboratory Refresher Training

May 2019

EAC HQ, Arusha, Tanzania

1 week

12 regional trainers

EAC/BNITM,

Accelerated training of additional experts in EVD diagnostics

May 2019

EAC HQ, Arusha, Tanzania

2 weeks

12 regional trainers + 12 trainees

Conducted by regional trainers under BNITM supervision. Excella/Altona Diagnostics

Proficiency assessment of regional trainers

August 2019

EAC HQ, Arusha, Tanzania

2 weeks

12 regional trainers

EAC/BNITM, Individual assessment of ToTs by independent team.

IATA training of catA/catB infectious agents and dangerous goods

August 2019

EAC HQ, Arusha, Tanzania

3 days

12 regional trainers (facilitator), 102 shippers (online training)

EAC/BNITM, Transport Development Group (TDG)

Laboratory Leadership Training

August 2019

EAC HQ, Arusha, Tanzania

3 days

12 regional trainers

EAC/BNITM

Driver training

Safety, Maintenance and driver training for operation of Toyota Land Cruiser fleet

November 2019

EAC HQ, Arusha, Tanzania

1 week

18 drivers

EAC/BNITM, Toyota Gibraltar

COVID-19 emergency response

SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics

February 2020

EAC HQ, Arusha, Tanzania

2 weeks

6 regional trainers

EAC/BNITM

Bioengineering training

Maintenance of mobile laboratory equipment

Scheduled 2021

TBD

3 weeks

12 biomedical engineers

EAC/BNITM/TBD

LIMS training

Programmer and user training for the mobile laboratory LIMS

Scheduled 2021

TBD

1 week

12 regional trainers, 6 IT experts

EAC/BNITM