Implementation of a mentored professional development programme in laboratory leadership and management in the Middle East and North Africa

Laboratories need leaders who can effectively utilize the laboratories' resources, maximize the laboratories'capacity to detect disease, and advocate for laboratories in a fluctuating health care environment.To address this need, the University of Washington, USA, created the Certificate Program in Laboratory Leadership and Management in partnership with WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, and implemented it with 17 participants and 11 mentors from clinical and public health laboratories in 10 countries (Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen) in 2014.Designed to teach leadership and management skills to laboratory supervisors, the programme enabled participants to improve laboratory testing quality and operations.The programme was successful overall, with 80% of participants completing it and making impactful changes in their laboratories.This success is encouraging and could serve as a model to further strengthen laboratory capacity in the Region.‫وأفريقيا‬ ‫األوسط‬ ‫الرشق‬ ‫يف‬ ‫املختربات‬ ‫وإدارة‬ ‫قيادة‬ ‫جمال‬ ‫يف‬ ‫بالتوجيه‬ ‫املهني‬ ‫للتطوير‬ ‫برنامج‬ ‫تنفيذ‬ ‫جني‬ ‫ـداد،‬ ‫قـ‬ ُ ‫م‬ ‫عيل‬ ‫ـر،‬ ‫داونـ‬ ‫آن‬ ‫ـر،‬ ‫فورتوانغلـ‬ ‫ـوم‬ ‫تـ‬ ‫غي،‬ ‫ـاك‬ ‫مـ‬ ‫أليكس‬ ‫ـورن،‬ ‫برادبـ‬ ‫ـني‬ ‫كاتلـ‬ ‫ـتون،‬ ‫ليفينغسـ‬ ‫لورا‬ ‫ـكوت،‬ ‫سـ‬ ‫ـث‬ ‫إليزابيـ‬ ‫ـر،‬ ‫كونفـ‬ ‫ـورا‬ ‫ديبـ‬ ‫ـرون،‬ ‫بـ‬ ‫ـويس‬ ‫لـ‬ ‫مارتني‬ ‫ـرت‬ ‫روبـ‬ ‫ـوان،‬ ‫العلـ‬ ‫عالء‬ ‫أمحد،‬ ‫ـي.‬ ‫جـ‬ ‫هـ.‬ ‫ـة،‬ ‫طلبـ‬ ‫ي.‬ ‫ــ.‬ ‫هـ‬ ‫أصغر،‬ ‫ـون‬ ‫هومايـ‬ ‫ـوتورباين،‬ ‫شـ‬ ‫ـاملاز‬ ‫سـ‬ ‫ـن،‬ ‫فالنديـ‬ ‫ـك‬ ‫فريدريـ‬ ‫ـون‬ ‫ويدافعـ‬ ‫ـراض،‬ ‫األمـ‬ ‫ـف‬ ‫كشـ‬ ‫ـح‬ ‫يتيـ‬