Biography:
Lotgarda Tayao is an internal medicine specialist with advanced training in infectious diseases and tropical medicine. She brings fifteen years of integrated experience in clinical care, humanitarian response, and health systems policy across Southeast Asia. Her leadership includes directing a municipal-wide chikungunya outbreak response; serving as Technical Lead for COVID-19 pandemic response at the Philippine Department of Health; and as a COVID-19 pandemic response and health systems consultant to the World Health Organization. She has worked with Médecins Sans Frontières, GAIN–Australia, and Medecins du Monde in emergency contexts.
Title : Diagnostic concordance between multiplex PCR and conventional culture for pathogen identification and antimicrobial resistance detection: Implications for clinical decision-making in infectious disease management