Brazil

Summary of activities by year

2015

• • Shipment of panel strains for QA to DST

  • Responding to consultations by e-mail

  • Collaboration studies: 

    • Second stage of the Identification of the bioequivalent concentration in LJ (proportions method) to the one standardized with liquid medium / agar for levofloxacin  and moxifloxacin 

    • MIC distribution of Bedaquiline and Linezolid against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Latin America region

  • Regional Meeting of Heads of National Programs for the Control of Tuberculosis – Meeting of the working group of Regional and Supranational Tuberculosis Laboratory - Panamá – From May 12th to 15th, 2015

  • Workshop “Update on Laboratory techniques and procedures for  Tuberculosis diagnosis and surveillance”  - Guatemala – From August 25th to 27th, 2015

2014

• • Shipment of panel strains for QA to DST

  • Workshop “Update on Laboratory techniques and procedures for Tuberculosis diagnosis and surveillance” - National Institute of Health, Lima, Peru. From March to April 2014

  • Supra-national and National Reference Laboratories Heads of National Programs for the Control of Tuberculosis meeting - VIII Regional Meeting of TB / HIV Collaboration Activities - Mexico city, Mexico. From May 23rd to 29th, 2014  

2013

• • Shipment of panel strains for QA to DST

  • Shipment of panel strains for GeneXpert EQA as pilot assay

  • Responding to consultations by e-mail

  • Translating, adapting and distribution of standard operating procedures (SOP) which have been published by STOP TB for basic equipment (light microscope, inspissator, balance, centrifuge, incubator, laminar flow and autoclave)

  • In-country laboratory /laboratory network assessments - October 14-18 (Integrating a PAHO mission)

2012

• • Shipment of panel strains for QA to DST

  • Responding to consultations by e-mail

  • In-country laboratory /laboratory network assessments – Lucía Barrera (integrating a Green light regional mission)