Category : INTENSE-TBM | Date : Oct 7, 2024

In October 2024, the coordinating investigator, the coordination team (WP1), the data and biology monitoring team (WP2,3) and the clinical advisory committee (WP4) travelled to Madagascar for 3 weeks to conduct the programme summarised below.

During this visit, the 600th participant was included in the Fianarantsoa site, leading to 78% of the total expected enrolment (768) being reached.

TAMATAVE 2–6 OCTOBER 2024

– Meeting with the director of Analakininina hospital

– Meeting with medical teams, visit of the wards

– Validation of the causes of death

– Monitoring activities

ANTANANARIVO 7–12 OCTOBER 2024

– Meeting with the director of CICM

– Meeting with medical teams, visit of the wards of the Joseph Raseta Befalatanana hospital

– Validation of the causes of death

– Meeting at the health ministry

– Monitoring activities

FIANARANTSOA 13–21 OCTOBER 2024

– Meeting with medical teams, visit of the wards of Tambohobe hospital

– Validation of the causes of death

– Monitoring activities

– Participation and presentation at the conference of « Société de Pathologie Infectieuse de Madagascar (SPIM) »