Indo-Pacific Health Leaders Series: Dr Bouaphanh Khamphaphongphane, Deputy Director of the National Centre for Laboratory and Epidemiology in the Lao People's Democratic Republic

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 5 a.m.

This is Episode 23 of Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security and is hosted by Australia\u2019s Ambassador for Regional Health Security, Dr Stephanie Williams.

In this installment of the Indo-Pacific Health Leaders Series, Stephanie speaks with\xa0 Dr Bouaphanh Khamphaphongphane on the Lao response to COVID-19 response.

Dr Khamphaphongphane is the Deputy Director of the National Centre for Laboratory and Epidemiology in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. She is also a supervisor of the Laos Field Epidemiology Training program and the ASEAN-Australia Health Security Fellowship. During the early days of COVID-19 outbreak, she supervised rapid response teams in provinces to look for suspect cases and worked closely with WHO to conduct COVID-19 testing.

We hope you enjoy the episode.

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