The Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers (VHFs) laboratory is located at the Department of Virology and manipulates clinical specimens suspected to be VHFs within the high security level 3 laboratory on the premises of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana Legon, Accra.
Unless in emergencies and during outbreak conditions, the laboratory’s hours of operation are from 8:00am to 5:00pm on Monday through Friday. Otherwise the laboratory operates during out-of-working hours and weekends. The laboratory is WHO recognised for the diagnosis of pandemic prone viruses and provides specialised testing capacity in that respect for the Ministry of Health / Ghana Health Service.
For further information, please contact
Principal Investigator:
KBonney@noguchi.ug.edu.gh
Prof. Joseph Humphrey Kofi Bonney
Tel:+233 24 256 8041
Turnaround time between sample receipt and reporting finalized complete results is within 48 hours.
Reports of laboratory examination results are delivered through an established reporting structure with the health service. Routine surveillance negative tests results are however sent through the developed laboratory information system, the Surveillance Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System (SORMAS), prioritizing the confidentiality of data and records.
