Training packages
A number of publicly-available yellow fever (YF) training packages exist and are used in the Global Yellow Fever Laboratory Network (GYFLaN). Some of these are included on this page.
The Laboratory Quality Management System training toolkit was developed through a collaboration between WHO Lyon Office for National Epidemic Preparedness and Response, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Division of Laboratory Systems, and the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) http://www.clsi.org. The toolkit provides comprehensive materials for designing and organizing training workshops for laboratory processes, and is aimed toward laboratory managers, administrators, and laboratorians. The Laboratory quality management system handbook and is available through this link as a download.
- Dilutions and optimization of the CDC MAC-ELISA
- External quality assessment (EQA) programmes with a focus on yellow fever
- EYE Strategy International Samples Transportation (EYE.ops) - yellow fever training video
- Overview of Quality Assurance/Quality Control in the Laboratory Testing in the context of surveillance
- RealStar® workflow training video
- WHO biosafety YouTube course
- WHO Strengthening public health laboratory services video series
- WHO sample shipment YouTube course
- YF algorithm for routine use and outbreaks - video presentation in English, and with French, Spanish, Portuguese subtitles
- Yellow Fever Clinical Specimen Collection and Sample Management video
- YF confirmatory algorithm - video presentation in English, and with French, Spanish, Portuguese subtitles
- YF MAC-HD video in English, Portuguese, French and Spanish, found under Training Resources for International Public Health Laboratories