One World. One Health… and the Vector at Our Back Door
You don’t have to explain to public health laboratorians that the health of humans, animals and the environment are inextricably linked. HIV/AIDS, SARS, 2009 H1N1,…
Global Health
Using Technology to Combat HIV/AIDS in Swaziland
This week is National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week and National Environmental Laboratory Professionals Week. APHL is honoring the many individuals working public health and environmental laboratories around the world. Stay…
Social Media As a Tool for Real Time Tracking of Diseases?
By Sikha Singh, MHS, Senior Specialist, Laboratory Response Network Recently CNN.com featured an article titled Using social media for disease surveillance, providing examples of real…
APHL Assists Haiti to Rebuild Devastated Lab System
On January 12, 2010 tragedy struck in Haiti. A massive earthquake rocked the tiny national, particularly Port-au-Prince, causing damage and destruction that will take years…
Rebuilding Haiti’s Labs: Governance, Policies and Systems Before Bricks and Mortar
At a March 31 United Nations special session on rebuilding Haiti, countries responded with pledges of significant funding for the decimated nation; however, funding alone…
National Public Health Week — APHL Honors Public Health Laboratories
By Mary Shaffran, Senior Director, Public Health Programs, APHL Along with our partners, the public health laboratories are working to keep communities healthy. Laboratorians work…
APHL Working to Ensure Power for Laboratory Services in Haiti
When the electrical grid comes back on-line in Haiti, the country’s laboratory system will be able to ramp up services quickly thanks to measures put…
First Day Back in Haiti: Notes from January 22, 2010
By David Doherty, APHL ConsultantJust had an aftershock as I was beginning to type this message. Here is a very brief synopsis of the site…
APHL Aids Agencies, NGOS to Set Up Critical Lab Testing Services in Haiti
Dave Doherty, senior technical consultant for APHL in Haiti, manages a four-person field team that is presently assessing the post-earthquake status of public laboratories for…
Public/Global/Environmental Health Leaders Among “Best Thinkers”
Foreign Policy Journal just published a special issue centered on the idea of the "Top 100 Global Thinkers."As I was reading through my copy, I…