Vitoria, Marco | 2009
- Author(s): Vitoria, Marco
- Publisher: American society for clinical pathology (ASCP)
- Pages: 844--848
- Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, disease control, tuberculosis, aids, malaria
This article shows that, despite considerable investment, weak health systems, inadequate human resources, and poor laboratory infrastructure continue to be major obstacles to expanding health services for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.
Walters, Lisa M. | 2011
- Author(s): Walters, Lisa M.
- Publisher: NP communications
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, standards, health personnel
Quality is everyone’s responsibility, but organizations with quality-management systems (QMS) still tend to surrender all quality issues to one department, even while QMS is expected to engage all staff members within the day-to-day work of the organization toward that higher quality goal.
Wamala, Joseph F. | 2010
- Author(s): Wamala, Joseph F.
- Publisher: BioMed central
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health services, health policy, scientific facilities, uganda
The International Health Regulations (IHR[2005]) require countries to assess the ability of their national structures, capacities, and resources to meet the minimum requirements for surveillance and response. This report describes the results of the assessment undertaken in Uganda.
Wattanasri, Naiyana and Manoroma, Wannika and Viriyayudhagorn, Somchai | 2010
- Author(s): Wattanasri, Naiyana and Manoroma, Wannika and Viriyayudhagorn, Somchai
- Publisher: American society for clinical pathology (ASCP)
- Pages: 534--540
- Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, standards, thailand
This article describes Thailand’s experience in developing a national laboratory standard and establishing a national laboratory accreditation program to guarantee the quality of laboratory services.
Wertheim, Heiman F.L. | 2010
- Author(s): Wertheim, Heiman F.L.
- Publisher: Public library of science] (PLoS)
- Pages: 1--5
- Keywords: medical research, scientific facilities, quality control, standards, capacity building, south east asia
This article presents the experiences of the South East Asia Infectious Disease Clinical Research Network (SEAICRN) in setting up and conducting a laboratory capacity building program and it discusses how this benefitted the institutions, the research studies, and the region.