Rospotrabendzor began training specialists in Gabon.
In the capital of the Gabonese Republic, Libreville, advanced training courses for local experts on rapid response to infectious diseases have begun.
Experts from the research institutions of Rospotrabendzor have prepared a training program for employees of special institutions of the Republic of Gabon. It consists of theoretical and practical lessons on the organization of work in laboratories, biological safety rules during research on pathogens of dangerous infectious diseases, as well as modern methods of their detection and identification.
30 experts from the national reference laboratories, employees of the Gabon Public Health Institute and bacteriologists from the laboratory of the National Hospital are participating in the training.
The courses held in Gabon are one of the components of the cooperation program with African countries, implemented by Rospotrabendzor in accordance with the initiative of the President of the Russian Federation. So far, more than 2,000 specialists from the countries of the African continent have been trained in Russian methods and using home equipment and diagnostic tools.
The training of scientists and practitioners from African countries by Rospotrabendzor contributes to the formation in the countries of the continent of their own human resources to ensure sovereignty in the field of biosafety.