Developing Norms for the Provision of Biological Laboratories in Low-Resource Contexts Proceedings of a Workshop (2019) / Chapter Skim
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3 THE DONOR POPULATION AND ITS GOALS IN PROVIDING BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY CAPACITY FOR LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS
3 THE DONOR POPULATION AND ITS GOALS IN PROVIDING BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY CAPACITY FOR LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS
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For example, one country has a strong national policy for combating infectious diseases and therefore maintains programs in five African countries to provide enhanced laboratory functions, long-term training of human resources, and contributions to regional networks. This country also works in Asia and Central America.
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The World Bank evaluates recipient needs against the Joint External Evaluations associated with the International Health Regulations (IHR) to provide diagnostic and surveillance capabilities.
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Another participant shared a concern about the training and mentoring of laboratory personnel, which extends beyond biosafety training to building careers, learning leadership skills, and engaging people in meaningful activities. Another participant noted the difference between training and education and added that his organization is conducting a study to assess the feasibility of creating a training hub in Africa.
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Dr. Sharples summarized the lab location information as follows: No single source provides a comprehensive list of lab locations and operational information.
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Most recently Chatham House and Global Affairs Canada held a series of meetings that focused on improving the sustainability of laboratories built in partnerships between funding organizations and recipient countries or organizations. When he started the Sustainable Laboratories Initiative at Chatham House,2 his first intuition was to map the environment but was quickly disabused of the notion.
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Mr. Harper noted that Chatham House partnered with the African Academy of Sciences in Nairobi to convene urban preparedness and resilience experts from Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya in December 2017.
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Resource mapping for an individual decision may be more valuable. Another participant pointed out that the Joint External Evaluation reports under the Global Health Security Agenda recommended creation of an overview of laboratories that work with dangerous pathogens.
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A participant said that a mapping of public health assets is absolutely fundamental to inform the donor decision making process, because otherwise we accept that "more is more, and more is good," which is not always true. It is relatively easy to identify publicly funded lab assets, but it is more difficult to locate facilities provided by the private sector and academia.
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Evidence should inform the risk-assessment process and policy, allow for logical prioritization, lead to learning from past lessons, and result in optimization of resources. Another participant asked whether donors have a preference for building new facilities rather than supporting existing facilities.
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