FOREWORD
The development of National Health Laboratory Strategic Plan was guided by Liberia’s Joint national Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) 2018 – 2022, whose purpose is to prevent, detect and respond to public health threats, prevent international spread of epidemic prone diseases and promote multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary coordination and collaboration in the context of One Health. This strategic plan feeds into overall strategic plan of the National Public health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL).
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This strategic plan has been developed using a consultative approach involving all key stakeholders, while taking cognizance of all levels of the national laboratory system and the One Health context. The strategic priorities identified were determined following a comprehensive situation analysis of the comprehensive assessment of selected laboratories across the tiered laboratory system in all 15 counties.
The results of these assessments are the basis of the development of this strategic plan. recommendations from the situation analysis and evidence synthesis guided the prioritization of interventions for implementation in this strategic plan.
This strategic plan provides the national laboratory system with a medium-term focus: objectives and priorities to enable it to undertake actions that will move the health sector toward early detection and control measures for priority diseases and public health events.
NPHIL and Ministry of Health, including other line ministries are committed to the full implementation of this plan. We look forward to working collaboratively with national and county governments, partners, and all other stakeholders to ensure successful implementation.