Today APHL kicked-off our largest annual meeting yet! We are thrilled to be in Albuquerque, New Mexico with over 600 public health laboratory leaders and partners from around the world. Whether you’re with us in Albuquerque or listening from afar, join us for updates and discussions on Twitter using #APHL. Over the next few days, we will also share highlights including tweets and photos from the meeting here on our blog.
Check out the Day 1 Storify for more tweets.
Top Tweets:
Opening session for #APHL 2016 Annual meeting! pic.twitter.com/pHi0noHjP1
— Tammy Theisen (@tammyst) June 6, 2016
Dr. Isatta Wurie dedicates her #APHL presentation to #Ebola #survivors @CDCGlobal @CDCReady pic.twitter.com/xuowmdCVpR
— Chris Mangal (@ChrisNMangal) June 6, 2016
Over 100 labs capable of testing for Zika virus! Public health labs respond! #aphl
— mary daljev (@marydaljev) June 6, 2016
Dr. Villanueva, "Over 90 countries requested @CDCgov #Zika MAC-ELISA and/or real-time RT PCR assay to detect #ZikaVirus" #APHL @CDCReady
— Chris Mangal (@ChrisNMangal) June 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/PublicHealthSam/status/739958734206554114
Highlights:
Scott Becker, APHL executive director, kicks-off the 2016 annual meeting
Lixia Liu, director of the New Mexico Department of Health Scientific Laboratory Division, welcomes attendees to Albuquerque
Dr. Isatta Wurie, APHL consultant in Sierra Leone, discusses challenges post-Ebola; Dr. Julie Villanueva, CDC, discusses Zika; Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, US State Department, discusses the Global Health Security Agenda
