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Laboratory Quality Strengthening

Guidance for development of national laboratory strategic plans : helping to expand sustainable quality testing to improve the care and treatment of people infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria

| 2010]
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO) [etc.
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, disease control, tuberculosis, aids, malaria
This document is a guidance tool for country leaders for the development of a national laboratory strategic plan and provides information on organizations available to support countries with technical expertise and funding.

Find TB resources : TB education & training resources

| 2010-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: National prevention information network (NPIN)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: disease control, tuberculosis, information sources
This website provides access to materials on TB education, training and public awareness. It is intended for health professionals, patients and the general public. It contains a number of resources that are specifically aimed at lab personnel.

Evidence-based tuberculosis diagnosis : a comprehensive resource for evidence syntheses, policies, guidelines and research agendas on TB diagnostics

| 2010-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Stop TB partnership's New diagnostic working group (NDWG)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: medical research, disease control, tuberculosis
This website is a comprehensive resource for evidence syntheses, policies, guidelines and research agendas on TB diagnostics. Developed by the Stop TB Partnership's New Diagnostics Working Group.

Laboratory biosecurity : build security into good laboratory practices [course

| 2010-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Centers for disease control and prevention]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, medical research, scientific facilities, safety devices, training programmes
The purpose of this training course is to provide key principles for securing biological agents in research laboratories and biomedical facilities. The intended audience for this training is laboratorians in academic, government, and commercial laboratories. The course will take approx. 3 hours.

Global laboratory directory (GLaD) : GLaDMAP

| 2010-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Canadian network for public health intelligence (CNPHI) : with WHO etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities
The Global Laboratory Directory (GLaD) is a directory of laboratory networks and their members. It contains information on laboratory networks that focus on infectious agents and health-related environmental and non-biological hazards that may impact international trade or travel.
 

About this portal

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.