Improvement in capacity and quality of pathology laboratories

The Yangon situation analysis report revealed that; the city’s public network of clinical laboratories currently lack uniformity in various areas, including the terms of infrastructure and technological capacity; the level of training and qualifications of personnel; the supply of uniform diagnostic procedures; the development of quality controls and the availability of integrated, online information systems. Improving the quality of oncologic pathology diagnosis is also immensely important, as the overwhelming majority of patients will be diagnosed through analysis of a tissue sample.

To increase access to and quality of pathology diagnosis in Yangon City.

A local multidisciplinary and inter-institutional team was assembled to coordinate the development of the different project outputs, in consultation with relevant experts in the city and external experts nominated by the technical cooperation partners of City Cancer Challenge (C/Can). The final outputs will be endorsed by the City Executive Committee and the relevant authorities for implementation.