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Winter 2025

APHL Partners with Orlando Health, Florida Department of Health to Launch Detor
Orlando Health and Florida Department of Health are the first in the nation to use Detor, an APHL-developed groundbreaking intermediary solution. Detor enables electronic test orders and results to be shared seamlessly between public health laboratories and healthcare providers. Nearly every baby born in the US is tested for serious and potentially terminal inherited disorders, and almost all newborn screening is conducted by public health laboratories. While newborn screening is a great starting point, Detor is not limited to any one test.

Developing Laboratory Leadership Despite War: GLLP Graduates First Ukrainian Cohort
War disrupts everything—including laboratory work. But it didn’t prevent 12 Ukrainian laboratory scientists from pursuing new skills in professional development and graduating from the Global Laboratory Leadership Programme (GLLP)—a comprehensive laboratory leadership program focused on building laboratory systems and empowering laboratory professionals using a One Health approach. The global program is a collaboration between APHL and CDC, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, World Health Organization and the World Organization for Animal Health.

How Kenya Built a Wastewater-based Surveillance System: 6 Questions Answered
With financing from the Global Fund and technical support from APHL, six countries in Africa have embarked on developing a pilot program that uses wastewater-based surveillance to detect SARS-CoV-2 and its emerging variants.

APHL and Ruvos Named Winner of 2024 AWS Inaugural Children’s Health Innovation Award
APHL and Ruvos were selected as winners of the prestigious 2024 Amazon Web Services (AWS) IMAGINE Grant: Children’s Health Innovation Award. This award recognizes groundbreaking efforts to advance children’s health using cutting-edge cloud technology and provides a combination of funding and AWS cloud credits. APHL and Ruvos will apply the funding to support Detor, an innovative solution that is revolutionizing data exchange—starting with newborn screening.

Testing the Waters: Ethiopia Pilots a Wastewater Surveillance Program
Using wastewater-based surveillance to track new and emerging viruses is gaining traction, especially since COVID-19 burst on the scene several years ago. Because people can shed viruses in their feces before ever displaying symptoms, wastewater surveillance is a quick and cost-effective way for public health officials to monitor what’s circulating in the community and act to prevent further spread. The Ethiopian Public Health Institute teamed with APHL to test how well a wastewater-based surveillance system could detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus in particular communities. The pilot survey was conducted from February to October 2023.
2024 Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month
2024 APHL Newborn Screening Symposium

Symposium Keynote: Workforce Recruitment and Retainment
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the public health workforce has shrunk dramatically. It’s projected that there will be a shortage of 100,000 public health professionals by 2025, up from 80,000 in 2021. The 2024 APHL Newborn Symposium keynote session addressed the faltering public health workforce and provided a road map on how to build it up.
APHL Honors 2024 Newborn Screening Award Winners
At the 2024 APHL Newborn Screening Symposium, APHL presented four awards to leaders who have made significant achievements in the field of newborn screening. The winners were announced during a ceremony on Tuesday, October 22. Congratulations to all award winners!
4 Babies, 4 Families, 4 Newborn Screening Tests
Four mothers of babies—some of whom are now thriving children—recounted their experiences with newborn screening tests at the 2024 APHL Newborn Screening Symposium. These mothers, often speaking through tears, shared their journeys with newborn screening—from the first heel prick to the anxiety of waiting for results to the overwhelming reality of managing a disorder they knew little about.

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Our Work Mega Menu	https://www.aphl.org/Lists/Mega Menu Story/DispForm.aspx?ID=2	Our Work Mega Menu	<div class="ExternalClass3018644464274CF1A442E6A7546F310E"><p>APHL is helping Zimbabwe to convert to viral load (VL) testing for monitoring of HIV patients. Below, the US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Ambassador Nichols, vists Masvingo Provincial Laboratory.</p></div>	Our Work	<img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/US-Ambassador-Zimbabwe.JPG" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />
Your Resources Mega Menu	https://www.aphl.org/Lists/Mega Menu Story/DispForm.aspx?ID=3	Your Resources Mega Menu	<div class="ExternalClass1BF7DB5AC26D44A08CEFAE1E89BC7C71"><p>APHL helped 16 state newborn screening programs to implement one or more new disorders with $1,386,820 in direct funding.</p></div>	Your Resources	<img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Baby%20-%20PHO_INF_MEIGS_2.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />
Your Development	https://www.aphl.org/Lists/Mega Menu Story/DispForm.aspx?ID=4	Your Development	<div class="ExternalClassC1476CEF6CAA4C9A84B74137AA769F43"><p>Each year APHL partners with a public health lab to sponsor an event for local students. Here, Pasadena middle school students become “toxic crusaders” at the city’s environmental chemistry lab. </p></div>	Your Development	<img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/toxic_crusaders.JPG" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />
I Want To	https://www.aphl.org/Lists/Mega Menu Story/DispForm.aspx?ID=5	I Want To	<div class="ExternalClass6F92F0D3EF0C4D3083DEDA3F0D150994"><p>In collaboration with CDC, APHL sponsors multiple fellowships in diverse disciplines. Below, Infectious Disease Fellow Chelsea Carmen works at the bench.</p></div>	I Want To	<img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/ID-Fellow-ChelseaCarman.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />

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