Summary What is already known about this topic?Public health laboratories(PHLs)are critical for effectively identifying,detecting,preventing,and responding to emerging and reemerging infectious diseases.Following the ...Summary What is already known about this topic?Public health laboratories(PHLs)are critical for effectively identifying,detecting,preventing,and responding to emerging and reemerging infectious diseases.Following the 2014 Ebola outbreak,Sierra Leone implemented a national laboratory strategic plan(2015–2020)aimed at creating,strengthening,and maintaining laboratory capacities for detecting,assessing,notifying,and reporting incidents,with a requirement to review PHL capabilities every five years.展开更多
基金Supported by the pilot project on building capacity of malaria molecular lab epidemiology network in Sierra Leone(INV-003421)and Peking University School of Public Health.The funders had no role in data collection or reporting.
文摘Summary What is already known about this topic?Public health laboratories(PHLs)are critical for effectively identifying,detecting,preventing,and responding to emerging and reemerging infectious diseases.Following the 2014 Ebola outbreak,Sierra Leone implemented a national laboratory strategic plan(2015–2020)aimed at creating,strengthening,and maintaining laboratory capacities for detecting,assessing,notifying,and reporting incidents,with a requirement to review PHL capabilities every five years.
