MRIGlobal, Gaithersburg, MD, United States.
MRIGlobal, Kansas City, MO, United States.
Front Public Health. 2021 Jun 4;9:659504. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.659504. eCollection 2021.
The 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola virus disease outbreak heavily impacted the Republics of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. The outbreak uncovered the weaknesses of the public health systems, including inadequately trained and insufficient health personnel as well as limited and poorly equipped health infrastructures. These weaknesses represent significant threats to global health security. In the wake of the outbreak, affected countries made urgent requests for international engagement to help strengthening the public health systems. This work describes the successful multi-year implementation of a laboratory capacity building program in the Republic of Guinea. The program integrated biorisk and quality management systems training, infectious diseases diagnostic training, facility engineering and maintenance training, and mentorship to strengthen Guinea's bio-surveillance capacity. The major outcome of these efforts was an established and local staff-operated public health laboratory that performs disease surveillance and reporting and diagnostic of priority diseases and pathogens of security concerns. This work has improved the Guinea country's capabilities to address country public health issues and preparedness to respond to future infectious disease threats.
2014-2016 年西非埃博拉病毒病疫情对几内亚、塞拉利昂和利比里亚共和国造成了严重影响。疫情暴露出公共卫生系统的弱点,包括训练有素和人员不足以及有限和设备简陋的卫生基础设施。这些弱点对全球卫生安全构成重大威胁。疫情爆发后,受影响国家紧急请求国际参与,以帮助加强公共卫生系统。 本工作描述了在几内亚共和国成功实施多年的实验室能力建设计划。该计划整合了生物风险和质量管理系统培训、传染病诊断培训、设施工程和维护培训以及指导,以加强几内亚的生物监测能力。 这些努力的主要成果是建立了一个由当地工作人员运营的公共卫生实验室,该实验室开展疾病监测和报告以及对优先疾病和具有安全关切的病原体的诊断。 这项工作提高了几内亚应对国家公共卫生问题的能力,并为应对未来传染病威胁做好了准备。