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42 NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORIES DOHA, QATAR 43 43 HEALTH care PROJECTS' EXPERIENCE

Area:
Area:
Status: Active
Status: Active
Type: Health care
T ype: Health care
Year: 2018
ear: 2018
Y
Job # 3133
Job # 3133
The establishment
The establishment
of a National Health
of a National Health
Laboratories (NHL) is a
Laboratories (NHL) is a
core component in the
core component in the
overall plan for public
overall plan for public
health. The NHL will
health. The NHL will
serve and support public
serve and support public
health programmes with
health programmes with
the aim of prioritising
the aim of prioritising
population- based
population- based
disease control efforts
disease control efforts
(e.g. Tuberculosis),
(e.g. Tuberculosis),
compared with the
compared with the
individual patient-level
individual patient-level
testing performed
testing performed
in ‘traditional’ acute
in ‘traditional’ acute
Pathology laboratories,
Pathology laboratories,
which are focused on
which are focused on
acute illness or the
acute illness or the
monitoring of chronic
monitoring of chronic
disease.
disease.
The NHL will support
The NHL will support
and serve a range
and serve a range
of public health
of public health
programmes, including
programmes, including
(but not limited to):
(but not limited to):
communicable disease
communicable disease
surveillance and
surveillance and
testing, water supply
testing, water supply
safety and monitoring,
safety and monitoring,
environmental testing,
environmental testing,
and the support of
and the support of
public health food
public health food
safety by providing food
safety by providing food
microbiology services
microbiology services
including investigation
including investigation
of food-borne diseases.
of food-borne diseases.