National Health Laboratory Strategic Plan 2023 – 2026
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…
Read articleLaboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Improvement Plan
Introduction The information produced by diagnostic laboratories has a great impact on healthcare systems in the form of diagnosis and treatment of diseases. This data has many other secondary uses in research and formulation of policy. To this effect, it is in the best interest of laboratory personnel that the data they avail is accurate…
Read articleSurveillance Standard Operating Procedures for YELLOW FEVER
Introduction Yellow fever (YF) is a viral hemorrhagic fever. It is transmitted to human by Aedes aegypti, mosquitos infected with the YF virus. The case-fatality rates can exceed 50% among severe cases. YF can be prevented through immunization with the YF vaccine, which is safe, inexpensive and reliable. A single dose of the vaccine provides…
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Purpose of the SOP This document is a standard operating procedure (s) for COVID-19 surveillance in Liberia. The content is intended to inform surveillance at national and county, health facility, community, and at points of entry, referencing the 3rd Edition of the Liberia IDSR Technical Guidelines (2019). How to use the SOP Reporting sites are…
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Surveillance Standard Operating Procedures for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Acknowledgement This document has been developed as the first version of the surveillance Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Liberia by the Division of Infectious Disease and Epidemiology, National Public Health Institute of Liberia with technical guidance from the World Health Organization…
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