Thanks to the Hugo Tempelman Foundation, GIZ is supporting the Ndlovu Care Group with a generous donation. This made it possible to purchase equipment that the Ndlovu laboratory urgently needs in the fight against the corona pandemic in order to participate in SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests in a variety of ways. The total capacity that has now been built up in the laboratory is around 1500-2000 PCR tests per day. These can be performed with a turn-around time of less than 24 hours.
The ten thousand test kits donated make it possible to carry out free tests for the community of Moutse and help to better understand the current situation in the region.
Ndlovu Care Group has offered assistance to the South African Department of Health in the detection of the COVID19 pandemic. The NICD (National Institute for Communicable Diseases) has approved the laboratory’s standards and issued accreditation for COVID19 testing.
The laboratory was classified as an “overflow laboratory”. The recognition by the NHLS and the NICD as a partner laboratory for COVID19 testing is a very valuable recognition of the quality of the Ndlovu research laboratory.
This will definitely contribute to the sustainability of the research laboratory in the future and is a way to expand the cooperation with the NHLS / NICD and the Ministry of Health in both provinces.
This could only be achieved through the generous support of GIZ. The Ndlovu Care Group would like to continue the cooperation and support South Africa in its efforts to improve health care and research, especially in the marginalized rural areas where infrastructure and quality services are often lacking.
We are sincerely grateful for the cooperation and the donation.
