GLOBAL HEALTH
GLLP Partners Meet in Rome to
Discuss Updates
By Samantha Musumeci, specialist, Global Health; Shannon Emery, manager, Global Health,
Jocelyn Isadore, APHL consultant, Global Health; and Lucy Maryogo-Robinson, director, Global
Health
EPA method 531.2, Measurement
of N-Methylcarbamoyloximes and
N-Methylcarbamates in Water by Direct
Aqueous Injection High Performance Liquid
Chromatography (HPLC) with Post-Column
Derivatization, is a test required for all public
drinking water systems annually by the Safe
Drinking Water Act. Carbamoyloximes and
carbamates are broad spectrum, commonly-
used pesticides that can adversely affect
renal, hepatic, neurological, reproductive,
immune and metabolic function in humans
and animals.
Method 531.2 Target Compounds and
Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCL):
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Aldicarb Sulfone – 2 ppb
Aldicarb Sulfoxide –- 4 ppb
Oxamyl – 200 ppb
Aldicarb – 3 ppb
Carbofuran – 40 ppb
3-hydroxycarbfuran – no MCL
Propoxur – no MCL
Methomyl – no MCL
Carbaryl – no MCL
Methiocarb – no MCL
By August 2019, MEHETL ran the studies,
accumulated the data from the other labs,
and sent all results and the completed
method to EPA. The method passed
EPA’s initial review and is in the process
of being approved for general use. The
method may be published in the Federal
Register’s next approval period, possibly
in June 2020. Maine MEHETL looks forward
to adopting the method upon
EPA approval. n
For more information, please contact
Jim Eaton at [email protected].
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APHL, the US Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), the European
Centre for Disease Prevention and
Control (ECDC), the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO),
the World Organisation for Animal Health
(OIE) and the World Health Organization
(WHO) have come together to define
competencies for laboratory leadership
and develop a comprehensive laboratory
leadership program, the Global Laboratory
Leadership Programme (GLLP). This
unprecedented collaboration of six
dynamic health-centric organizations is
committed to developing a program with
a One Health approach that will foster and
mentor current and emerging laboratory
leaders to build, strengthen and sustain
national laboratory systems. the learning package will be used in a full-
scale pilot of the leadership program.
The partners have made significant
progress in the creation of leadership
program course materials that
support the Laboratory Leadership
Competency Framework. In October 2019,
representatives from the six partners
gathered at the FAO headquarters in
Rome for a three-day annual meeting
to review program progress, participate
in working group sessions and make
decisions critical to the future of the GLLP.
The working groups are responsible for
key components of the program include
the Learning Package Working Group
(LPWG), the Communications Working
Group (CommWG) and the Governance
Working Group (GovWG). WHO and CDC presented updates on the
in-country validation of selected course
materials in Pakistan and Liberia, which
allows the partnership to validate the
materials in a real-word setting while the
materials are still under development.
The in-country validations will continue
through 2020.
The LPWG reported that the first draft
of the GLLP learning package will be
completed in 2020. It will consist of
PowerPoint presentations, instructor
guides, participant guides and
additional materials such as a program
implementation guide. The group will
focus on revisions to course materials
over the first half of the year to fully
incorporate animal and environmental
health into the program and to expand
supporting materials. The next version of
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The CommWG discussed plans to create
a formal GLLP communication plan,
expand the GLLP website located on
the WHO site and continue to translate
relevant GLLP documents. It announced
that the Laboratory Leadership Competency
Framework, published in 2019, has already
been translated into French and Russian.
A Spanish translation is slated for
publication in 2020.
The GovWG examined and approved the
revised learning package development
process and discussed development of an
implementation strategy for the program.
The group also reviewed the purpose and
definition of the working group.
Looking Forward
This will be a busy and productive year
for the GLLP partnership with all partners
working together to create materials
that embrace a One Health approach.
To incorporate a One Health perspective
and address the lack of environmental
health organizations involved in the
GLLP, the partners plan to reach out to
environmental health experts within
their respective agencies to assist in
creating and reviewing content. This
unprecedented collaboration of six
dynamic health-centric organizations is
committed to developing a program with
a One Health approach that will foster and
mentor current and emerging laboratory
leaders to build, strengthen, and sustain
national laboratory systems. n
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