World Blood Donor Day 2013
Spotlight
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Bhutan National Guidelines on Screening Donated Blood for TTIs [pdf 5.05Mb]
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Quality Management Toolkit for health laboratories developed
A quality management toolkit describing essential principles and mechanism for implementation of quality system in health laboratories in developing countries has been developed. WHO will widely disseminate it and provide technical assistance in its utilization in South-East Asia Region.
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Monitoring drug resistance in influenza viruses is critical
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Standards for accreditation of blood banks in India
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WHO promotes ethical and safe practices in organ transplantation
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National alliance critical for combating antimicrobial resistance
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Region to become self-reliant in PCR Technology
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World Blood Donor Day in Bhutan
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Regular blood donors facilitated in New Delhi India
Call for applications for inclusion in WHO expert roster
WHO Collaborating Centres
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National Institute of Virology
NIV, Pune, India (Lab Diagnosis of Emerging Infectious Diseases) -
National AIDS Research Institute
(HIV Diagnosis and Monitoring of ART) -
NBC, Bangkok, Thailand
(Training in Blood Transfusion Medicine) -
BLQS, Thailand
(Strengthening Quality System in Health Laboratories) -
NIH, Nonthaburi, Thailand
(Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance and Training) -
PGMIER, Chandigarh, India
(Reference and Research on Fungi of Medical Importance) -
QSMI, Bangkok, Thailand
(Venomous Snake Toxicology and Research)
Contact us
Dr Aparna Singh Shah
Regional Adviser
Blood Safety and Laboratory Technology
shahap@who.int