It will involve meeting with key personnel involved in health security, outbreak responses and developing national policy for emerging diseases and other emergency situations. It will include a review of existing national and international emergency plans in range of areas related to laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases, in field settings. The research and writing of the draft guidance will be lead by Rose Ffrench, and will be reviewed by international experts before being adopted by WHO.
This project has just commenced but is an example of a new cross-discipline effort in the expansion program of health Security. It involves laboratory scientists, epidemiologists, clinicians, rapid point of care diagnostic development scientists, virologists with expertise in diagnosing emerging infectious diseases, and WHO reference laboratories, along with the expertise in quality managed and NATA accredited assays from 360biolabs.
Funding
Partners
- World Health Organization
Partners +
Collaborators
- Dr Mike Catton, Director, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratories, Dr Ben Cowie, VIDRL
- Dr Julian Druce, Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Dr Leon Caly, VIDRL
- 360biolabs
Project
Team
Meet the project team. Together, we are translating research into better health, for all.
