Table 1.

2009 Major Laboratory Capacity-Building Initiatives by Geographic Region

Geographic Region	Major Laboratory Capacity Building Initiative	Countries Supported
Southeast Asia	NIC & military influenza lab equipment, reagent & training support; EID laboratory diagnostics & disease surveillance systems	Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand
Far East	NIC & military influenza lab equipment & reagent support; EID lab proficiency & equipment support	Japan, Korea, Philippines
East & Central Africa	NIC & VHF lab equipment, reagent & training support; EID laboratory diagnostics	Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
West Africa	NIC & MoH influenza lab equipment, reagent & training support; VHF lab diagnostics & military EID lab diagnostic testing capacity	Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
North Africa, Middle East & Southwest Asia	NIC lab equipment, reagent & training support	Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Sudan, Syria
Central Asia	EID & influenza lab equipment, reagent & training support	Azerbaijan, Georgia, Mongolia
Europe	Military & academic influenza lab equipment, reagent & training support	Poland, Romania
Central & South America	NIC & MoH influenza lab equipment, reagent & training support; leishmania military reference lab equipment, reagent & training support	Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru

Acronyms: NIC, national influenza center; EID, emerging infectious diseases; VHF, viral hemorrhagic fever; MoH, Ministry of Health.