The Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan, with support from the World Health Organization country office in Turkmenistan, organized a meeting to discuss implementation of the national policy on development of laboratory service in the health sector.

The event was attended by members of the national working group on laboratory service issues from the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan, the State Service "Türkmenstandardlary", the State Reference Center, the State Veterinary Service and medical workers from Arkadag city and velayats.

Assesseing the progress made in the implementation of “Operational plan for the development of laboratory service of the health sector of Turkmenistan for the period 2022-2024”, the participants discussed the development of a new action plan to strengthen the capacity of the national laboratory service in the health sector. It will build on the achievements of the current plan and define strategic priorities for the coming years. 

The event was held with the support of the project “Prevention, preparedness and response to pandemics in the framework of the initiative “One Health” in Central Asia”.