WHO fleshes out African and global lab capacity concerns
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The WHO has acknowledged being concerned about the laboratory capacity of some countries in terms of meeting current influenza surveillance needs, saying that efforts to strengthen capacity are underway. "Surveillance is definitely not optimal everywhere in the world," said Keiji Fukuda, the WHO's interim assistant director-general for health security and the environment, during a press conference on July 7.