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| Reference: | 3010 |
| Country: | Uganda |
| Multiple country event: | No |
| Region: | AFRO |
| City: | Kampala, Mbale |
| Start date: | 26 June 2010 |
| End date: | 4 July 2010 |
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| Status: | Completed - Complété |
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| Title: | Initial visit for Expanding Access to New Diagnostics for patients at risk of MDR-TB |
| Type: | Mission |
| Terms of Reference: | • Present the UNITAID/ WHO-GLI/GDF/FIND project- “Narrowing the Gap: Expanding and accelerating access to diagnostics for patients at risk of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)” to NTP, NRL, MoH, WHO representatives and all relevant stakeholders working in the country
• Assess the requirements for upgrading and modernizing national TB reference laboratories (at least one reference laboratory) as needed to accommodate and/or support TB diagnostic tools procured through this project.
• Meet with officials from NTP, NRL, MoH, WHO representatives and all relevant partners working in TB related interventions in the country.
• Assess training needs with respect to training in good laboratory practice, biosafety, quality assurance and new diagnostic methods.
• Carry out a final debriefing, ideally through a meeting gathering all officials and partners, in order to present main finding, possible options, future steps and precise calendar. |
| Training Opportunity: | No |
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| Purpose 1: | Laboratory strengthening |
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| Entered by: | GLI |
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| Contact name: | Jean Iragena |
| Contact email: | iragenaj@who.int |
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| Funding needs: | Yes |
| Funding source: | Other, specify / Autres, spécifiez |
| Other funding source: | UNITAID |
| Available funding: | $ 0 |
| Funding gap: | $ 0 |
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Documents associated with this event |
| Mission Report - Rapport de la mission |
report.pdf |
Not confidential |
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There are no experts (roster) associated with this event.
Date Created: 3 November 2010
Entered By: Global Laboratory Initiative (GLI)
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