Report of the WHO Regional meeting on strengthening laboratory capacities to support national programmes in eastern Europe and central Asia: 17–18 June 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Some 60 participants met in Copenhagen at a two‐day regional meeting to discuss strengthening laboratory capacities to support national programmes in eastern Europe and central Asia on 17 and 18 June 2014. The meeting was jointly organized around two initiatives of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, namely the “Better Labs for Better Health” initiative and a new initiative “Strengthening laboratory capacities to support national programmes on HIV prevention treatment and care in eastern Europe and central Asia”. Eight Member States were represented at the meeting: Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Russian Federation, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. Some major donors and partners were also present and these included WHO, UNDP and GF, PEPFAR, U.S. DTRA, U.S. CDC, KIT, PHE, RKI, WHO – Supranational Reference Laboratory of Tuberculosis, Gauting (Germany), and Fondation Mérieux (France).
Some 60 participants met in Copenhagen at a two‐day regional meeting to discuss strengthening laboratory capacities to support national programmes in eastern Europe and central Asia on 17 and 18 June 2014. The meeting was jointly organized around two initiatives of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, namely the “Better Labs for Better Health” initiative and a new initiative “Strengthening laboratory capacities to support national programmes on HIV prevention treatment and care in eastern Europe and central Asia”. Eight Member States were represented at the meeting: Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Russian Federation, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. Some major donors and partners were also present and these included WHO, UNDP and GF, PEPFAR, U.S. DTRA, U.S. CDC, KIT, PHE, RKI, WHO – Supranational Reference Laboratory of Tuberculosis, Gauting (Germany), and Fondation Mérieux (France).