China borrows Canadian know-how for new labs
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《加拿大医疗协会学报》
Infectious disease experts from Winnipeg have signed a 3-year agreement with Guangdong Province in China to develop a network of high-security laboratories necessary to help contain outbreaks of diseases such as avian flu.
The agreement, signed in November, is the result of months of negotiations between government health officials from Guangdong and Winnipeg's International Centre for Infectious Diseases (ICID), a private, non-profit organization that works with the University of Manitoba and the National Microbiology Laboratory, Canada's only Level 4 containment facility, to promote research and commercialization in infectious disease control.
Guangdong Province, a heavily industrialized area of 100 million people on China's southern coast, wants to establish up to 4 high-security labs, including at least one Level 4 containment facility. The Chinese want infectious disease experts in Winnipeg to provide expertise in design, construction and staff training.
"They really need people with knowledge, and Canadian expertise is without equal in this area," said Terry Duguid, president and CEO of ICID.
China has been rapidly expanding its public health surveillance network in a bid to stem the spread of infectious diseases.
Lawrence Yu, chef de mission for the Guangdong delegation, said during a recent trip to Canada that Winnipeg's laboratory is being viewed as a prototype in China. Yu said China became acutely aware of Canadian expertise in this area when researchers across Canada, including Winnipeg, contributed landmark surveillance and research to the SARS outbreak.(Dan Lett)
The agreement, signed in November, is the result of months of negotiations between government health officials from Guangdong and Winnipeg's International Centre for Infectious Diseases (ICID), a private, non-profit organization that works with the University of Manitoba and the National Microbiology Laboratory, Canada's only Level 4 containment facility, to promote research and commercialization in infectious disease control.
Guangdong Province, a heavily industrialized area of 100 million people on China's southern coast, wants to establish up to 4 high-security labs, including at least one Level 4 containment facility. The Chinese want infectious disease experts in Winnipeg to provide expertise in design, construction and staff training.
"They really need people with knowledge, and Canadian expertise is without equal in this area," said Terry Duguid, president and CEO of ICID.
China has been rapidly expanding its public health surveillance network in a bid to stem the spread of infectious diseases.
Lawrence Yu, chef de mission for the Guangdong delegation, said during a recent trip to Canada that Winnipeg's laboratory is being viewed as a prototype in China. Yu said China became acutely aware of Canadian expertise in this area when researchers across Canada, including Winnipeg, contributed landmark surveillance and research to the SARS outbreak.(Dan Lett)