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May 2023
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Press Release
FAO Training on Good Laboratory Practices and Quality Management System including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) use and Biosafety and Biosecurity in Lab

Baghdad April 30 – May 4, 2023

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources (MoAWR)-KRI, conducted  the Good Laboratory Practices and Quality Management System, including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) use, and Biosafety and Biosecurity in Lab Workshop,  as part of the project activities entitled “Improving Delivery of Animal Health Services and Disease Surveillance in Iraq “funded  by the United States Defence Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). The workshop aimed to increase the veterinary laboratories’ capacities and promote the introduction of good laboratory practices and quality management procedures, and to train the lab staff on PPE use, how to protect themselves from exposure to the hazards and pathogenic agent, how to manage the labs based on biosafety and biosecurity standards.