Silver Mashate

Biographic Data

ID9072668
NAMESilver Mashate
GIVEN NAMESSilver
FAMILY NAMEMashate
SIGNATUREMASHATE S
AFFILIATIONSAfrican Society for Laboratory Medicine
ORCID0009-0002-6294-7358
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT2
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Reaching the 100 by 2027 target for universal access to rapid molecular diagnostic tests for tuberculosis in Africa

    Open AccessLucy Mupfumi, Tapson Nyondo et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Although WHO recommended rapid molecular diagnostic tools for TB over a decade ago, only about one-third of diagnostic sites in high burden countries have access to them. We conducted a mixed-methods study to understand the barriers and facilitators to reaching universal access to WHO-recommended rapid molecular diagnostics (WRDs) in a selection of African countries. Data for 24 African countries were sourced from the WHO Global TB database to ev…

  • Diagnostics for detection and surveillance of priority epidemic-prone diseases in Africa

    Open AccessAytenew Ashenafi, Olajumoke Sule et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    In 2023, Africa experienced 180 public health emergencies, of which 90% were infectious diseases and 75% were related to zoonotic diseases. Testing capacity for epidemic-prone diseases is essential to enable rapid and accurate identification of causative agents, and for action to prevent disease spread. Moreover, testing is pivotal in monitoring disease transmission, evaluating public health interventions and informing targeted resource allocatio…