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Laboratory Quality Strengthening

CDC releases new guidelines on safe work practices in diagnostic laboratories

| 2012
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  • Publisher: Emergency care research institute (ECRI)
  • Pages: 125--126
  • Keywords: disease control, guidelines

Impact of a horizontal approach in vertical program : the experience of AIDSRelief Ethiopia in strengthening laboratory diagnostic capacity

| 2012
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Catholic relief service (CRS)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: disease control, health services, aids, ethiopia
In Ethiopia, the Ministry of Health is working to leverage the improvements of diagnostic services related to HIV/AIDS to enhance the quality of all services provided by the medical laboratory by tapping into resources established by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

Mastering the basics of TB control : development of a handbook on TB diagnostic methods

| 2011
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  • Publisher: European centre for disease prevention and control (ECDC)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, disease control, scientific facilities, tuberculosis
The aim of this handbook is to provide laboratories involved in the diagnosis of tuberculosis, with an agreed list of key diagnostic methods and their protocols in various areas of TB diagnosis. This handbook aims to provide a single source of reference by compiling all methods.

Upgrading laboratories towards WHO-AFRO laboratory accreditation : a \"step-wise\" approach to laboratory quality improvement in the Amhara, Tigray, and Afar regions of Ethiopia

| 2011
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  • Publisher: University of Washington]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, disease control, standards, ethiopia
I-TECH Ethiopia, together with the Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute (EHNRI) and local partners, is supporting a select group of laboratories to achieve international accreditation through the WHO-AFRO step-wise laboratory accreditation process.

Launch of the African society for laboratory medicine (ASLM)

| 2011
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  • Publisher: GlobalHealthChannel]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, professional associations, africa
Video of the launch of the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 16th, 2011. With contributions of ASLM Board of Directors Chair Dr. John Nkengasong and representatives from CDC, PEPFAR, the Clinton Health Access Initiative and other stakeholders.
 

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This portal provides background information for KIT's training programme on laboratory quality management, which enables laboratories in resource-constrained countries to improve the quality of their services. Use the searchbox to find resources in the database.