Our Value Mega Menu	https://www.aphl.org/Lists/Mega Menu Story/DispForm.aspx?ID=1	Our Value Mega Menu	<div class="ExternalClassB536FA0EE1D943C292A8BC5098D300B8"><p>APHL’s AIMS platform exchanged over 250,000,000 messages in 2018, its 10th anniversary year. </p></div>	Our Value	<img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/cyber%20-%20iStock-880444220_super.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />
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;" />
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Lab Competency Implementation	https://www.aphl.org/toolkits/Lists/Highlighted Content/DispForm.aspx?ID=1	Lab Competency Implementation	<img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/lab%20competency%20implementation%20toolbox.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />	https://www.aphl.org/professional_development/Pages/Competencies-Tools.aspx, https://www.aphl.org/professional_development/Pages/Competencies-Tools.aspx
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Packaging and Shipping Biological Substances	https://www.aphl.org/aboutAPHL/publications/Documents/QSA-2021-Pack-Ship-Guidance-Biological-Substances-Job-Aid.pdf	Packaging and Shipping Biological Substances	Use this guide to correctly pack, ship, label and document all Category B specimens.
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: New Disorder Resources	https://www.aphl.org/aboutAPHL/publications/Documents/NBS-2021-NewSTEPS-SMA-Toolkit.pdf	Spinal Muscular Atrophy: New Disorder Resources	Learn how to communicate with and educate key stakeholders when implementing new newborn screening tests.
Packaging and Shipping Training Guide	https://www.aphl.org/aboutAPHL/publications/Documents/QSA-2021-Pack-Ship-Training-Requirements-Job-Aid.pdf	Packaging and Shipping Training Guide	For those who package or ship potentially-infectious specimens for transport, use this guide to determine training requirements based on your job function(s).
2013 and 2015 GC & CT Testing Practices Survey	https://www.aphl.org/aboutAPHL/publications/Documents/ID-2021-GC-CT-Testing-Practices-Survey-Report.pdf	2013 and 2015 GC & CT Testing Practices Survey	Compares CT and GC testing practices of US clinical laboratories in 2013 prior to the updated CDC recommendations and in 2015 following the updated recommendations.