Sabine Dittrich
Honorary Visiting Research Fellow
Dr Sabine Dittrich is a public health microbiologist passionate about diagnostic and how we can best utilize different tools and interventions to support patient management and public health interventions. Her work has predominantly focused on the epidemiology of zoonoitic and vector-borne diseases and how the lack of diagnostic tools impacts patient management and care decisions, including the overuse of antibiotics. She has been supporting the development of appropriate diagnostic tools from the local level at the Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit to the global level in Geneva at FIND, the global alliance for diagnostic. Sabine’s research utilizes laboratory and clinical studies to understand the use of diagnostic tools and pragmatic use data to inform product development, diagnostic algorithms, and strategies.
Sabine holds an engineering degree in Biotechnolgy (Dipl. Ing), a PhD in Biomolecular Science from the University of Manchester (UK) and subsequently completed a fellowship with the European CDC on public health microbiology (EPIET/EUPHEM) and outbreak response, based at the Dutch National Institute of Public Health.
Recent publications
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A Randomized Trial to Assess the Impact of a Package of Diagnostic Tools and Diagnostic Algorithm on Antibiotic Prescriptions for the Management of Febrile Illnesses Among Children and Adolescents in Primary Health Facilities in Burkina Faso
Kiemde F. et al, (2023), Clinical Infectious Diseases, 77, S134 - S144
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Advancing Access to Diagnostic Tools Essential for Universal Health Coverage and Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention: An Overview of Trials in Sub-Saharan Africa
Olliaro P. et al, (2023), Clinical Infectious Diseases, 77, S125 - S133
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Impact of Point-of-Care Rapid Diagnostic Tests on Antibiotic Prescription Among Patients Aged <18 Years in Primary Healthcare Settings in 2 Peri-Urban Districts in Ghana: Randomized Controlled Trial Results
Adjei A. et al, (2023), Clinical Infectious Diseases, 77, S145 - S155
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Impact of the Introduction of a Package of Diagnostic Tools, Diagnostic Algorithm, and Training and Communication on Outpatient Acute Fever Case Management at 3 Diverse Sites in Uganda: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Kapisi J. et al, (2023), Clinical Infectious Diseases, 77, S156 - S170
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Synthesis and Meta-analysis of 3 Randomized Trials Conducted in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Uganda Comparing the Effects of Point-of-Care Tests and Diagnostic Algorithms Versus Routine Care on Antibiotic Prescriptions and Clinical Outcomes in Ambulatory Patients <18 Years of Age With Acute Febrile Illness
Olliaro P. et al, (2023), Clinical Infectious Diseases, 77, S199 - S205