Ondoa Pascale, Datema Tjeerd, Keita-Sow Mah-Sere, Ndihokubwayo Jean-Bosco, Isadore Jocelyn, Oskam Linda, Nkengasong John, Lewis Kim
Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD), Department of Global Health, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Royal Tropical Institute Biomedical Research (KIT), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Afr J Lab Med. 2016 Oct 31;5(3):498. doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v5i3.498. eCollection 2016.
Functional national laboratory networks and systems are indispensable to the achievement of global health security targets according to the International Health Regulations. The lack of indicators to measure the functionality of national laboratory network has limited the efficiency of past and current interventions to enhance laboratory capacity in resource-limited-settings.
We have developed a matrix for the assessment of national laboratory network functionality and progress thereof, with support from the African Society of Laboratory Medicine and the Association of Public Health Laboratories. The laboratory network (LABNET) scorecard was designed to: (1) Measure the status of nine overarching core capabilities of laboratory network required to achieve global health security targets, as recommended by the main normative standards; (2) Complement the World Health Organization joint external evaluation tool for the assessment of health system preparedness to International Health Regulations (2005) by providing detailed information on laboratory systems; and (3) Serve as a clear roadmap to guide the stepwise implementation of laboratory capability to prevent, detect and act upon infectious threats.
The application of the LABNET scorecard under the coordination of the African Society of Laboratory Medicine and the Association of Public Health Laboratories could contribute to the design, monitoring and evaluation of upcoming Global Health Security Agenda-supported laboratory capacity building programmes in sub Saharan-Africa and other resource-limited settings, and inform the development of national laboratory policies and strategic plans. Endorsement by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa is foreseen.
根据《国际卫生条例》，功能性国家实验室网络和系统对于实现全球卫生安全目标不可或缺。缺乏衡量国家实验室网络功能的指标限制了过去及当前在资源有限环境中加强实验室能力的干预措施的效率。
在非洲检验医学学会和公共卫生实验室协会的支持下，我们制定了一个用于评估国家实验室网络功能及其进展的矩阵。实验室网络（LABNET）记分卡旨在：（1）衡量主要规范性标准所建议的实现全球卫生安全目标所需的实验室网络九项总体核心能力的状况；（2）通过提供有关实验室系统的详细信息，补充世界卫生组织用于评估卫生系统对《国际卫生条例（2005）》准备情况的联合外部评估工具；（3）作为明确的路线图，指导逐步实施实验室能力，以预防、检测和应对传染性威胁。
在非洲检验医学学会和公共卫生实验室协会的协调下应用LABNET记分卡，有助于设计、监测和评估即将在撒哈拉以南非洲及其他资源有限环境中开展的由全球卫生安全议程支持的实验室能力建设项目，并为国家实验室政策和战略计划的制定提供信息。预计将得到世界卫生组织非洲区域办事处的认可。
