Technical Support through Donation of Laboratory Equipment

Duration: Ongoing from 1990s

Location: Ho Chi Minh City

In support of three partner health institutions in Ho Chi Minh City- Cho Ray Hospital, the Pasteur Institute and the International Health Quarantine Centre- IOM has provided training support and the following technical equipment:

• DNA Gen Probe to Cho Ray Hospital
• A refrigerated centrifuge to Cho Ray Hospital
• A bactec sputum culture machine for TB samples to the Pasteur Institute
• A power generator and specialized refrigeration equipment to the International Health Quarantine Centre.

Through an international staff position, IOM also supports training in TB culture detection and drug susceptibility testing, quality assurance performance monitoring at the laboratories of Cho Ray Hospital and the Pasteur Institute, and as a result of these continual efforts, contributes to capacity building in the health sector of Ho Chi Minh City.