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| National Measles Laboratory |
In March 2005 Canterbury Health Laboratories was designated the New Zealand National Measles Laboratory.
This was in response to a request from the World Health Organisation (WHO) for New Zealand's active participation in WHO's global measles programme.
The objectives of the NZ National Measles laboratory are to
- provide a diagnostic service for measles;
- Provide laboratory support for measles surveillance and outbreak investigation;
- provide laboratory confirmation of serologically identified measles cases;
- collect samples from clinically suspected measles cases to identify measles virus strains;
- participate in the WHO regional laboratory network.
World Health Organisation accredited, 2008
