Integrating mobile laboratories into global health security: advancing collaboration through GOARN-DiSC

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Authors

Oleg Storozhenko · World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

Ahmed Albarraq

Tarek Alsanouri · Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network

Kym Antonation · Public Health Agency of Canada

Cindi R. Corbett · Public Health Agency of Canada

Laurent Dacheux · Institut Pasteur

Sophie Duraffour · German Center for Infection Research

Abstract

Summary box Rapid Response Mobile Laboratories (RRMLs) provide deployable, adaptable and scalable diagnostic surge capacity in all types of health emergencies, enhancing outbreak response, surveillance and International Health Regulations (2005) core capacities, especially in resource-limited settings.

Topics & Keywords

Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Disaster Response and Management Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Partnerships for the goals

Publication Details

Published in: BMJ Global Health

Volume 10, Issue 12, pp. e022083-e022083

DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-022083

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