Region
Western Pacific Region
Destination Country
Cambodia
Key objectives

Training of laboratory staff from provinces on collecting specimens for Covid 19 testing. Procurement of supplies for COVID-19 including sample collection kits, PPE, consumables, and reagents.

Contribution Area
National Laboratory System
Surveillance
Human Resources
Emergency Preparedness
Emergency Response Operations
Destination Entity
Cambodia
Source Entity
International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI)
Type
Financial
Status
Ongoing
Activity
Training of laboratory staff from provinces on collecting specimens for Covid 19 testing (8 trainings in total). The request is to support training sessions, which include real practices on how to use personal protection equipment (PPE), specimen collection, packaging and transportation. In order to prepare to perform testing for Covid 19, NIPH needs to (1) organize refresher training for their staff, (2) have standard test kits and (3) additional reagents, materials and consumables.
Year (From)
01-01-2018
Contribution channel
Partner
Coverage
Country
PHE Category
Epidemics and Pandemics
Public Health Emergency
COVID-19
Project Name
Advancing National Public Health Institutes Globally