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Strengthening Tuberculosis Laboratories
This WHO resource page offers information on TB case detection through quality-assured bacteriology, improving diagnosis, updated WHO policies, mandate, global strategy, news, and more.
(13/Feb/2008)
In English Strengthening tuberculosis laboratories - WHO
en español Fortalecimiento de laboratorios de tuberculosis - OMS
The WHO/IUATLD Global Project on Drug Resistance Surveillance
Given the lack of standardized data on anti-TB drug resistance and in an effort to estimate the global prevalence of resistance, WHO, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD), and other partners developed this project, assembling a network of Supranational Reference Laboratories (SRLN / Supranational Laboratory Network) to aid National Reference Laboratories in conducting quality-assured drug susceptibility testing in conjunction with national or area anti-TB drug resistance surveillance.(13/Feb/2008)
In English The WHO/IUATLD Global Project on Drug Resistance Surveillance - WHO
en español Proyecto OMS/IUALTD sobre la vigilancia de la farmacorresistancia - OMS
National Influenza Centers in PAHO Member States
This page provides information on the national influenza centers in the PAHO Member Countries, arranged by country and city, with links to the institutional websites, contact persons (with e-mail links when possible), and mailing addresses with phone and/or fax numbers.(30/Mar/2007)
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Periodical Publications
Nuevas herramientas diagnósticas en las redes de laboratorios de tuberculosis de Latinoamérica (Vol. 1, No. 1, 2006)
Este boletín, redactado por profesionales del Instituto Malbrán de Argentina y del IPK en Cuba, es parte de las actividades de la Red Supranacional de Laboratorios de Micobacterias para la Región de las Américas. En este número: Introducción: Análisis de la situación, identificación de
las necesidades y recursos disponibles; Métodos técnicamete complejos y de alto costo; Métodos más sencillos y de menor costo.(31/Jan/2006)
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EID Weekly Updates: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Region of the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 20—15 June 2004
This issue contains the latest news on the yellow fever epizootic confirmed in the state of Monagas, Venezuela, and on the CDC Webcast on Laboratory Biosafety (BSL-3) scheduled for 17 June.(15/Jun/2004)
In English (3.9k)
en español (4.26k)
Technical Documents
Detección de mecanismos de resistencia a los antimicrobianos en el laboratorio
Este folleto, diseñado para uso del personal de laboratorios de microbiología, guía la detección de los mecanismos de resistencias de bacilos gramnegativos y cocos grampositivos. El propósito del folleto es contribuir a la adecuada prescripción de antibióticos, a través de la interpretación del antibiograma por los microbiólogos. carátula(31/Dec/2008)
en español (540.65k)
Network of PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers and National Reference Laboratories for Dengue in the Americas
One of the objectives of PAHO/WHO is to strengthen diagnostic laboratory networks in the Region and promote exchange and technological transfer among them. For each institution, by country, the list below includes a general information sheet describing the objectives, mission and vision, publications, and research projects of each PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center and National Reference Laboratory involved in diagnosing dengue in the Americas. At the end of each sheet is a link to a questionnaire on the laboratories' capacity, the techniques they use, and the networks in which they participate.(29/Aug/2008)
In English (8.91k)
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Manual for the Bacteriological Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Standards and Technical Guidelines—Part 1, Smear Tests
Although technological progress has promoted innovations in bacteriology, sputum-smear microscopy has not been subject to substantial technical modifications. However, new epidemiological situations—especially the incidence of tuberculosis among people living with HIV and the need to more rigorously guarantee the quality of results and human and environmental safetyhave promoted a new update of the standards seen in this special guide designed to strengthen laboratory capacity in Latin America.
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