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  • Feasibility study of epidemiological services and health systems in the ECOWAS countries

    Feasibility study of epidemiological services and health systems in the ECOWAS countries

    Date: From Nov 05, 2015 to Apr 15, 2016
    Country: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
    The Ebola outbreak has had substantial deleterious effects on the countries’ economies, public finances, and the health care system. WAHO and the member states in the ECOWAS region were not prepared to react adequately to respond to the emerging outbreak. In order to prevent future outbreaks WAHO identified a dominant weak point in the reaction to stop the epidemic: The deficiently equipped, underfinanced, and understaffed laboratories contributed widely to the inadequate reaction from the health sector. Based on the decision of the presidents of the ECOWAS member states to establish a Regional Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the existing CDC in Abuja has been chosen for an upgrade to the Regional CDC. Furthermore reference institutions should be established consecutively in all 15 ECOWAS countries. Existing laboratories should be upgraded to serve as specialized reference laboratories for the region within the framework of the RCDC. The objective of this assignment is to assess the need for upgrading of the existing specialized laboratories in the ECOWAS Region and the RCDC to be functional in the network structure and hence enabling them to better support the control of future epidemics. Secondly, the assignment will evaluate the envisaged interaction of these laboratories with the regional and with national CDCs and other institutional stakeholders and their positioning within the regional health sector. The focus is put on: -  Reviewing the regional health sector and appraising the structure of project executing agency (PEA) -  Assessing the Bio Safety Level (BSL) of the RCDC and 3 reference laboratories. -  Assessing the communication and coordination between CDCs and laboratories. -  Elaboration of a project proposal to upgrade the equipment, if required, of approximately three laboratories that are intended to have or to reach BSL 3. - Assessing the need to improve communication equipment of the institutions (regional and country CDCs, laboratories and WAHO).
    This assignement has been developped in consortium with m4Health. Study funded by KFW.

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  • Training on Biosafety & Risk assessment in Mali and Haïti, Fondation Mérieux

    Training on Biosafety & Risk assessment in Mali and Haïti, Fondation Mérieux

    Date: From Mar 20, 2015 to Nov 30, 2015
    Country: Haiti, Laos, Mali
    QLS developped a training in French on Biosafety for technicians and biologists of two laboratories of the Fondation Merieux: the Centre d'Infectiologie Charles Merieux in Mali and the Gheskio Center in Haïti. Each mission on site includes a 3-days training on Biosafety and 2 days risk assessment. The first mission in Mali is conducted by Mr. Arnaud Orelle in July 2015  and the second one in Haïti is conducted by Dr. Antoine Pierson in September 2015. The training includes pré and post test, international regulations, identification of the biological risks, the good practices in laboratories, management of the samples, Biological Safety Cabinets, Personnal Protective Equipment, etc. A third mission is planned in Laos in November 2015. A final report will include the results of the risk assessments performed in the laboratories and recommendations for the implementation of corrective action(s) and/or recommendations for improvment adapted to each laboratory.

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  • ISO15189 Quality Initiative, Merieux Foundation

    ISO15189 Quality Initiative, Merieux Foundation

    Date: From Apr 11, 2014 to Aug 31, 2014
    Country: Haiti, Laos, Mali, Paraguay
    The first step of this quality Initiative is an assessment of the laboratories. IQLS experts Dr Antoine Pierson and Mr Arnaud Orelle have been appointed by Merieux Foundation in order to : - develop the questionnaire (evaluation tool) - to evaluate four sites/laboratories: The Christophe Merieux Infectiology Center in Laos, the Charles Merieux Infectiology Center in Mali, the Rodolphe Merieux Laboratory at GHESKIO Centers in Haïti and the Molecular Biology and Genetics department of the Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud (National University of Asuncion) in Paraguay. - to review each country results, make recommendation and suggest a plan of action to implement a quality program

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