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GHSS Flies EMC Staff Out for Professional Development

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From the 23rd  to 27th  of  January 2022,  two staff of the Equipment Maintenance and Calibration (EMC) Unit of Global Health Systems Solutions (GHSS),  Tsajeu Jiofack Martial and  Atabongngou Fualefac, were engaged in a biosafety certification training in Johannesburg, South Africa. GHSS sponsored these staff in alignment with its policy of promoting employees’ professional development, …

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GHSS Donates Waste Bins to Ameliorate Waste Management in 45 POC Sites in Cameroon

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Wastes from medical laboratories contain dangerous microorganisms, toxic chemicals, and radiological hazards that pose challenges to how they a disposed of and must be taken very seriously worldwide (UNDP, 2021). To reduce the risks of human infection and spread of diseases at Viral Load and Early Infant Diagnosis Point of Care Testing (VL/EID POCT) sites …

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Africa CDC and GHSS Take Stock of SLL Initiative Implementation in Central Africa Region

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In June 2021, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), in partnership with Mastercard Foundation, kick-started a 3-year project to vaccinate 70% of Africa’s population and hasten the continent’s economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic dubbed Saving Lives and Livelihoods (SLL) initiative. Africa CDC has, since May 2022, been …

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Africa CDC Saving Lives and Livelihoods Initiative: A Snapshot of COVID-19 Vaccination Scale Up in Central Africa Region  

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The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed 29 million Africans into extreme poverty and accounted for the loss of about 22 million jobs in African countries (African Development Bank (AfDB), Annual report 2021). Despite this, only 9.2% of the continent’s population was vaccinated against the Virus as of December 31, 2022, a rate the AfDB Report termed …

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GHSS Provides Professional Guidance to Staff for Effective implementation of the SLL Initiative in Cameroon

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Global Health Systems Solutions (GHSS) has provided professional orientation and guidance on the implementation of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Saving Lives and Livelihoods (SLL) programme in Cameroon. The staff orientation workshop took place on 12th January 2023 via the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) platform. Participants included data …

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GHSS Certifies Biosafety Cabinets of Laboratories Enrolled in WHO-AFRO SLIPTA Process in DRC

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From the 15th of November to the 13th of December 2022, the Equipment Maintenance and Calibration (EMC) team of Global Health Systems Solutions (GHSS) engaged in the inspection, maintenance needs assessment, and certification of Biological Safety Cabinets (BScs) and Laminar Flow Clean Benches (LFCB) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The inspection and certification exercise included …

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GHSS Provides Sexual and Reproductive Health Services to Over 87,000 People in North West and South West Regions of Cameroon

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The United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) notes that the armed conflict and humanitarian crisis in Cameroon’s North West and South West regions continue to significantly compromise access to primary health care (UNFPA Cameroon, 2022). Sexual and reproductive health services among adolescents and young people are a challenge due to the massive displacement of the population …

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RISLNET West Africa Implementation: GHSS Trains 12 Laboratory Professionals from Six Reference Laboratories in Six West African Countries on Basic Biosafety and Biosecurity in a Laboratory

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Global Health Systems Solutions (GHSS) has delivered professional development on basic biosafety and biosecurity in medical laboratories to 12 laboratory professionals from the reference laboratories of six West African countries, including Mali, Benin, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, and Cape Verde. The training workshop was organized by Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) …

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SLMTA 2 Training Workshop for Laboratory Professionals of Six West African Countries Kicks Off in Monrovia-Liberia

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The Second Training Workshop on Strengthening Laboratory Management Towards Accreditation (SLMTA2), which aims to build further the capacity of laboratory managers and technicians on Laboratory Quality management systems (QMS), kicked off in Monrovia-Liberia. Participating in the training are 18 laboratory professionals from the reference laboratory of six (06) West African countries, including Cape Verde, Sierra …

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GHSS Certifies Biosafety Cabinets of HIV Viral Load and COVID-19 Testing Laboratories in Cameroon

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The Biosafety Cabinet (BSC) certification team of Global Health Systems Solutions (GHSS) has certified the biosafety cabinets of some ten (10) Viral Load and COVID-19 testing laboratories in the Littoral, East, West, Center, North and Far North regions of Cameroon. The certification exercise was carried out from June 1 to September 19, 2022. The following …

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