By Amanda Harrison
The public health laboratory in the country of Bangladesh is seeking help from the Michigan Department of Community Health to improve the quality of their facility.
Dr. Frances Pouch Downes is the MDCH Laboratory Director.
She said Bangladesh doesn't have independent labs like we do in Michigan.
"And so they may not have any laboratory in that jurisdiction that is doing for example investigations on food born disease outbreaks, everything is geared toward patient care. So that's one of our recommendations is that they look at, try to provide, more of those community based intervention resources so that prevention can actually keep people out of the hospital."
Downes said she hopes Bengladesh will use the Michigan public health laboratory as a model for improving their own.
She said she will continue to offer resources and training for labs in Bangladesh.
Copyright 2010, MPRN
The public health laboratory in the country of Bangladesh is seeking help from the Michigan Department of Community Health to improve the quality of their facility.
Dr. Frances Pouch Downes is the MDCH Laboratory Director.
She said Bangladesh doesn't have independent labs like we do in Michigan.
"And so they may not have any laboratory in that jurisdiction that is doing for example investigations on food born disease outbreaks, everything is geared toward patient care. So that's one of our recommendations is that they look at, try to provide, more of those community based intervention resources so that prevention can actually keep people out of the hospital."
Downes said she hopes Bengladesh will use the Michigan public health laboratory as a model for improving their own.
She said she will continue to offer resources and training for labs in Bangladesh.
Copyright 2010, MPRN