Laboratory Leadership Program

The goals of the LL-PHFP are to:

1. Develop a self-sustaining institutionalized capacity to build laboratory leaders among promising young scientists through a two-year fellowship program by building competencies in laboratory systems and infrastructure, leadership, laboratory-based disease surveillance and outbreak investigation, laboratory quality management systems, policy and program management, and communication.
2. Develop the ability to use these competences to assess the current laboratory capacity to conduct an outbreak investigation; improve the quality and integration of laboratory services with epidemiology services.

The LL-PHFP objectives are categorized into primary and secondary.

Primary objectives

1. Build competency among laboratory leaders in order to enable them support the field epidemiology activities in the country.
2. Participate in surveillance efforts and other public health needs, by performing accurate and reliable testing in a timely manner, maintain records of testing, and provide data as needed.

Secondary objectives

1. Strengthening linkage between laboratory and epidemiology through deployment of laboratory teams alongside the field epidemiology teams.
2. Understanding of epidemiology through synergy and attending short courses within the UNIPH.
3. Publishing a Laboratory Leadership bulletin on a regular basis.