Association of Public Health Laboratories Ralph Timperi, Global Health Program

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Association of Public Health LaboratoriesRalph
Timperi, Global Health Program

• Advancing Public Health Laboratories
• in the U.S. and Throughout the World

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Global Health Program Vision
A global laboratory network with a strong public
health laboratory in every nation
Global Health Program Mission

• Play a part in strengthening global laboratory
  capacity

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APHL Activities for Strengthening Global
Laboratory Capacity

• National Laboratory Strategic Planning
• Laboratory Management Training
• Practical knowledge and skill building
• APHL-GWU Institute Curricula, network of
  graduates, focus on management, transition to
  university partners in project countries, degree
• Laboratory information systems assessment,
  process, implementation, user value,
  sustainability

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APHL TB Laboratory Practice

• Smear and culture (solid and liquid)
• Rapid molecular methods, HPLC
• 1st and 2nd line DST
• PT for AFB microscopy and identification of TB
  complex
• SRL - Massachusetts State Laboratory Institute
• gt300,000 specimens tested per year

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• Partnership and collaboration
• U.S. Centers for Disease Control Programs
• Canadian National Public Health Laboratory
  Network
• WHO Laboratory Strengthening Initiative
• Mozambique Ministry of Health training centers,
  workforce capacity of technologists
• Abbott Fund Tanzania physical lab design

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APHL GLOBAL HEALTH

• Educate and train biologists for supervisory
  technologist roles
• Improve laboratory training centers
• Build vendor capacity in country for
  sustainability
• Support laboratory operations while they grow

Mavalene Hospital, Mozambique
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Mozambique Laboratory Project

• Strengthen laboratory capacity
• Human resources
• Build skills
• Supervisory and QM
• Logistical Issues
• Monitoring and response
• Specimen referral
• Quality Systems
• LIS
• EQA
• Equipment operability
• Facility design
• Vendors