title: Bringing diagnostics to developing countries: an interview with Rosanna Peeling.
abstract: Interview with Professor Rosanna Peeling, PhD by Claire Raison (Commissioning Editor) Professor Rosanna Peeling is Chair of Diagnostic Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (London, UK) and founded the International Diagnostics Centre at the institution. Professor Peeling previously worked for the WHO in Geneva, Switzerland, and continues to work on innovations for molecular diagnostics for point-of-care use in developing countries, addressing challenges posed by lack of funding and resources, regulatory issues and under-developed healthcare systems in these locations. Here, she discusses her career, recent progress in the field and how connectivity will affect global healthcare.
authors: a London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
authors: Rosanna
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authors: Peeling
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000635:transmission; D003906:Developing Countries; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems