AfriDx Key Opinion Leaders Questionnaire
The AfriDx project is investigating the potential reliability of an isothermal nucleic acid testing system for the clinical diagnosis of COVID-19 and (later) other infectious diseases in Africa and considering how this and other health related diagnostics could be manufactured locally in low and middle income countries.

Diagnostics are typically too expensive for general use for patients in low income countries. So, the key goal of this project is that diagnostics will be developed to enable local manufacturing, even in low resource environments. During the AfriDx project a Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) platform for nucleic acid testing has been trialed for Covid-19 testing, with the aim to use this technique as a prototype to develop further, using some novel locally produced biological reagents.

We are now seeking to understand more about the pathway that could lead to locally produced diagnostics in low income countries.
 
With this questionnaire we are  gathering input from Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) before planning further developments.  If you are a:
- Researcher or Technologist
- Manufacturer or Distributor
- Clinician or Healthcare provider
- Regulator or Legislator
- Purchaser of diagnostics
- User of diagnostics

we would like to ask for your help in answering this questionnaire.  It will help enormously in understanding the barriers and planning the pathway to locally produced diagnostics in low income countries.

Thank you for contributing to this questionnaire.  

The AfriDx consortium
- University of Cambridge
- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST),
- Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR)
- Danish Technical University (DTU)
- Avoma Group

If you have any questions please contact us on afridx@ceb.cam.ac.uk

What we will do with the information you provide.
By submitting this survey, you provide your consent for the information you provide to be used for the purposes outlined in this participant information. We undertake not to mislead you in any way about the nature of the research we are conducting, the way in which the data is collected and the use that will be made of the survey results

Your participation is voluntary. You are entitled to ask that part, or all, of the record of your involvement in the survey be deleted or destroyed.

All of the information that you provide will be treated as confidential and will only be used for research purposes. Your comments will not be identified as belonging to you, instead they will be combined with those gathered from other survey participants, and will be analysed as part of a group. We do not use any of the information you provide for any non-research activities.

If we ask you for personal information that enables you to be identified - e.g. your name,  e-mail address or telephone number, we will clearly state why we are asking for it and for your permission to use it for that purpose. For example, to contact you for follow-up research. We are committed to protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy. When designing and executing our research, we take all necessary steps to ensure that information that you provide is processed fairly and lawfully.

Only authorised members of AfriDx will have access to personal information and they are obliged to respect its confidentiality. We do not sell, rent or exchange any personal information supplied by you to any third party.


If you would be happy for us to contact you further please provide your name:
Your email address:
Please provide further information about your location and type of facility.  This will help us in understanding regional differences.                                                        Facility Name: *
Facility Region and Country: *
Facility Type *
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Professional Background *
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Highest Educational Qualification *
How long have you practiced your profession (years) *
Do you have any experience of clinical or research diagnostics? *
How many years of experience? *
Do you have any experience nucleic acid testing as: *
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Do you have any experience in LAMP technology as: *
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What type of COVID diagnostic technologies were used at the beginning of the pandemic in your region? Please order from most used (1st) to least used.   *
PCR Nucleic Acid Test
Antigen lateral flow test
Antibody lateral flow test
Other type of test
There are no tests available
Don't know
1st (Most used)
2nd
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What type of COVID diagnostic technologies are now used in your region? Please order from most used (1st) to least used.  
PCR Nucleic Acid Test
Antigen lateral flow test
Antibody lateral flow test
Other type of test
There are no tests available
Don't know
1st (Most used)
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
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Have you been involved in any way in Covid - 19 testing? *
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