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World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office Session 2 Laboratory strengthening Dr Cornelia Hennig Stop TB and Leprosy Elimination World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific The Ninth Technical Advisory Group and National TB Programme Managers Meeting Manila Philippines, 9-11 December 2014

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Page 1: World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office Session 2 Laboratory strengthening Dr Cornelia Hennig Stop TB and Leprosy Elimination World

World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office

Session 2 Laboratory strengthening

Dr Cornelia Hennig

Stop TB and Leprosy Elimination

World Health Organization

Regional Office for the Western Pacific

Manila, Philippines

9-12 December 2014

The Ninth Technical Advisory Group and National TB Programme Managers

Meeting

Manila Philippines,9-11 December 2014

Page 2: World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office Session 2 Laboratory strengthening Dr Cornelia Hennig Stop TB and Leprosy Elimination World

World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office

NRL/SRL:

Strengthening and coordinating technical assistance

Page 3: World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office Session 2 Laboratory strengthening Dr Cornelia Hennig Stop TB and Leprosy Elimination World

World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office

TA requests from countries to SRL

• Increasingly complex and multi-focal: in-country– National Strategic Planning and NRL activity planning – DRS and surveillance– Xpert implementation – Training (safe working practices) – Lab assessments– Support for lab design/upgrade – QA microscopy, culture & DST– data management, – Participation in joint missions, rGLC– coordination

• Need also more remote (desk) work

Page 4: World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office Session 2 Laboratory strengthening Dr Cornelia Hennig Stop TB and Leprosy Elimination World

World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office

Way forward• Countries:

– Encourage SRL to have at least one on-site visit including central/at least provincial level per year

– Secure funding for SRL (national and donors)

• SRL• Develop laboratory AND programmatic expertise to support NRL’s and for in-

country activities• Train next generation of consultants

• WHO/WPR– Establish skills set for each of the SRL’s in the region and update regularly– Co-ordinate TA requests that one SRL cannot cover

• GLI– Support training of next generation consultants , focus programmatic

expertise

Page 5: World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office Session 2 Laboratory strengthening Dr Cornelia Hennig Stop TB and Leprosy Elimination World

World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office

NRL/SRL: Strengthening and coordinating technical

assistance

• Comments from SRL and NRL

• Discussion