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In Spotlight
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Biorisk management in laboratories
 WHO
organized an advanced training programme on biorisk management in health laboratories for South-East Asia to strengthen biosafety
and biosecurity in health laboratories in the Region. The course included assessment, mitigation and
performance components of biorisk management. CEN
standard CWA 15793: 2008 applicable to biorisk
management was discussed and shared with participants.
List of
participants [PDF 57 KB]
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Monitoring
drug resistance in influenza viruses is critical
 During
recent pandemic of influenza 302 isolates of pandemic virus from all over
the world were found to be resistant to oseltamivir.
To build the national capacity in monitoring drug resistance in influenza
viruses a workshop was organized.
Participants
[PDF 100 KB] Recommendations [PDF 13 KB]
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Region to become self-reliant in PCR Technology
 Access
to PCR technology for diagnosis of emerging infectious diseases shall be
available in all Member States by December 2010. SEARO organized an intercountry workshop to facilitate achievement of this
goal.
Participants [PDF 29 KB] Recommendations [PDF 22 KB]
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| National alliance critical for combating
antimicrobial resistance
 Combating burgeoning problem of
antimicrobial resistance (AMR) requires a multi-sectoral
and coordinated approach by the national alliance of key stakeholders with
key elements enunciated in the WHO Regional Strategy on Prevention and
Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance providing guidance for activities
in country specific context.
Regional Strategy on AMR
[PDF 1.58 MB] Recommendations [PDF 32 KB] Participants
[PDF 18 KB]
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Guidelines
on Management of Snake-bites
 Regional guidelines have been developed to
facilitate rational management of snake-bites, especially in the peripheral
health services to save human lives and mitigate misery due to snakebites.
Guidelines
[PDF 2.8 MB]
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Universal
screening of donated blood for HIV in SEA Region
 Around
9.4 million units of blood that are collected annually in South-East Asia
Region are screened for HIV. The prevalence of HIV in blood donors is
estimated to vary from 0 to 0.514 percent in countries of Region.
Blood Transfusion
Services in SEA Region [PDF 21 KB] WHO
Guidelines on screening blood for infectious markers [PDF 637 KB]
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SEA Regional Strategy on Antimicrobial Resistance
 A
Regional Strategy for Prevention and Containment of Antimicrobial
Resistance has been
finalized by a group of experts who also gave a call to
Member countries to adapt this strategy and rapidly scale-up the
interventions detailed in it. The goal of the strategy is to reduce
mortality and morbidity due to resistant organisms and to preserve efficacy of available
antimicrobial agents as well as discovery of new drugs/interventions.
List
of experts [PDF 77 KB] Regional Strategy on AMR
[PDF 1.58 MB]
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Efficient
laboratory support critical for IHR (2005) implementation
 Laboratories provide critical support to
several activities under IHR (2005) pertaining to surveillance, early
detection and diagnosis and treatment. The efficient laboratory support can
be provided through nationally coordinated network of laboratories that
generate quality results. Need to strengthen core capacity in area of
laboratories was felt in 3rd Regional Meeting of IHR Focal Points held at
Dhaka from 15-17 February 2010.
Objectives [PDF 21 KB] Participants [PDF 62 KB] Recommendations
[PDF 7 KB]
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Asia Pacific Strategy for Strengthening
Health Laboratory Services - (2010-2015)
 To
ensure effective laboratory support to public health and clinical services,
WHO Regional Offices for South-East Asia
and Western Pacific have released Asia Pacific Strategy for Strengthening
Health Laboratories. The strategy addresses issues pertaining to policy, programme, access, quality, safety and financing of
health laboratories.
More
Info… [PDF 1.1 MB]
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Guidelines
on snake bite management revised
 In
a Regional meeting, held at Yangon in
December 2009, experts revised the Regional Guidelines on Snake Bite
Management. These guidelines were earlier published by WHO
in 1999. The final version is likely to be available in first week of April
2010.
Participants [PDF 40
KB] Conclusions and
recommendations [PDF 33 KB]
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Regional Networks for Priority
Emerging Infectious Diseases Forged
 To enhance the regional laboratory
capacity to support public health actions for combating emerging infectious
diseases, regional laboratory networks for priority emerging infectious
diseases viz. plague, anthrax, leptospirosis,
acute diarrhoeal diseases (including
cholera), antimicrobial resistance; arboviruses (dengue and chikungunya),
acute encephalitis syndrome, Nipah virus, and
acute respiratory infections (including influenza) were forged in a meeting
held at Colombo, Sri Lanka from 28-31 July 2009.
List of
Participants [PDF 34KB] Conclusions
and Recommendations [PDF 126KB]
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Asia Pacific
Strategy on Health Laboratories endorsed
A group of experts representing countries from
South-East Asia and Western Pacific Regions of WHO endorsed the Asia
Pacific Strategy for Strengthening Health
Laboratory Services (2010-2015) in a meeting held at Bali, Indonesia
from 23 to 25 June 2009.
The strategy has key elements that address issues of
development of a coherent national framework for laboratories, building
capacity, assuring quality, promoting rational
use, improving safety, supporting research and financing health laboratory
services.
The document shall play dual role of advocacy as well as
a guide to develop national laboratory strengthening plans.
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Participants [PDF 78 KB]
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Recommendations
[PDF 16 KB]
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| SEA
Regional training in
influenza A (H1N1) laboratory diagnosis concludes
 As
a part of WHO efforts to strengthen national influenza pandemic
preparedness, a regional training workshop resulted in enhanced skills and
knowledge of laboratory professionals in PCR-based diagnosis of influenza A
(H1N1). The primers produced within the Region for PCR are being provided
to all the Member countries to ensure capacity to diagnose influenza A
(H1N1) in the Region.
Currently, case definition for confirmed case requires
among others PCR based diagnosis. WHO reports only laboratory confirmed
cases of influenza A (H1N1).
Objectives
[PDF 23 KB]
List
of participants [PDF 32 KB]
Recommendations
[PDF 15 KB]
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