Sustainable Laboratory Capacity Building After the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in the Republic of Guinea
Background: The 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola virus disease outbreak heavily impacted the Republics of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. The outbreak uncovered the weaknesses of the public health systems, including inadequately trained and insufficient health personnel as well as limited and poorly e...
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| author | Jean Ndjomou Scott Shearrer Brendan Karlstrand Carmen Asbun Jesse Coble Jane S. Alam Mar P. Mar Lance Presser Scott Poynter Julia M. Michelotti Nadia Wauquier Casey Ross Sharon Altmann |
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| description | Background: The 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola virus disease outbreak heavily impacted the Republics of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. The outbreak uncovered the weaknesses of the public health systems, including inadequately trained and insufficient health personnel as well as limited and poorly equipped health infrastructures. These weaknesses represent significant threats to global health security. In the wake of the outbreak, affected countries made urgent requests for international engagement to help strengthening the public health systems.Methods: This work describes the successful multi-year implementation of a laboratory capacity building program in the Republic of Guinea. The program integrated biorisk and quality management systems training, infectious diseases diagnostic training, facility engineering and maintenance training, and mentorship to strengthen Guinea's bio-surveillance capacity.Results: The major outcome of these efforts was an established and local staff-operated public health laboratory that performs disease surveillance and reporting and diagnostic of priority diseases and pathogens of security concerns.Conclusions: This work has improved the Guinea country's capabilities to address country public health issues and preparedness to respond to future infectious disease threats. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-01607722a342457299c7e96d9eda2c522022-12-21T22:27:59ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652021-06-01910.3389/fpubh.2021.659504659504Sustainable Laboratory Capacity Building After the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in the Republic of GuineaJean Ndjomou0Scott Shearrer1Brendan Karlstrand2Carmen Asbun3Jesse Coble4Jane S. Alam5Mar P. Mar6Lance Presser7Scott Poynter8Julia M. Michelotti9Nadia Wauquier10Casey Ross11Sharon Altmann12MRIGlobal, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesMRIGlobal, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesMRIGlobal, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesMRIGlobal, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesMRIGlobal, Kansas City, MO, United StatesMRIGlobal, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesMRIGlobal, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesMRIGlobal, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesMRIGlobal, Kansas City, MO, United StatesMRIGlobal, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesMRIGlobal, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesMRIGlobal, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesMRIGlobal, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesBackground: The 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola virus disease outbreak heavily impacted the Republics of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. The outbreak uncovered the weaknesses of the public health systems, including inadequately trained and insufficient health personnel as well as limited and poorly equipped health infrastructures. These weaknesses represent significant threats to global health security. In the wake of the outbreak, affected countries made urgent requests for international engagement to help strengthening the public health systems.Methods: This work describes the successful multi-year implementation of a laboratory capacity building program in the Republic of Guinea. The program integrated biorisk and quality management systems training, infectious diseases diagnostic training, facility engineering and maintenance training, and mentorship to strengthen Guinea's bio-surveillance capacity.Results: The major outcome of these efforts was an established and local staff-operated public health laboratory that performs disease surveillance and reporting and diagnostic of priority diseases and pathogens of security concerns.Conclusions: This work has improved the Guinea country's capabilities to address country public health issues and preparedness to respond to future infectious disease threats.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.659504/fulllaboratory diagnosticscapacity buildingbiorisk management systemquality systemsinfectious diseasesRepublic of Guinea |
| spellingShingle | Jean Ndjomou Scott Shearrer Brendan Karlstrand Carmen Asbun Jesse Coble Jane S. Alam Mar P. Mar Lance Presser Scott Poynter Julia M. Michelotti Nadia Wauquier Casey Ross Sharon Altmann Sustainable Laboratory Capacity Building After the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in the Republic of Guinea Frontiers in Public Health laboratory diagnostics capacity building biorisk management system quality systems infectious diseases Republic of Guinea |
| title | Sustainable Laboratory Capacity Building After the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in the Republic of Guinea |
| title_full | Sustainable Laboratory Capacity Building After the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in the Republic of Guinea |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable Laboratory Capacity Building After the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in the Republic of Guinea |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable Laboratory Capacity Building After the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in the Republic of Guinea |
| title_short | Sustainable Laboratory Capacity Building After the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in the Republic of Guinea |
| title_sort | sustainable laboratory capacity building after the 2014 ebola outbreak in the republic of guinea |
| topic | laboratory diagnostics capacity building biorisk management system quality systems infectious diseases Republic of Guinea |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.659504/full |
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