Six Core Services,
One Regional Mission
GLESSN provides comprehensive laboratory and epidemiology systems strengthening services across the Caribbean region, supporting healthcare facilities in achieving international standards and improving public health outcomes.
Areas
Training and Personnel Capacity Building
GLESSN supports countries in strengthening workforce capacity through structured, competency-based training programs tailored to national and regional public health priorities. Our approach ensures laboratory professionals, epidemiologists, and surveillance officers are equipped with the technical knowledge and practical skills required to deliver high-quality, reliable, and sustainable public health services.
Competency-based laboratory training programs
Epidemiology and surveillance capacity development
Training-of-trainers (ToT) models for sustainability
Workforce gap assessments and training needs analysis
Epidemiology, Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Management
GLESSN assists countries in enhancing their epidemiological capacity and disease surveillance systems to swiftly detect, investigate, and respond to outbreaks.
Strengthening national disease surveillance systems
Training field epidemiologists in outbreak investigation
Enhancing laboratory-epidemiology data integration
Conducting rapid epidemiological assessments during outbreaks
Establishing event-based surveillance and early warning systems
Improved early detection of public health threats
Enhanced coordination between laboratories and epidemiologists
Faster and more effective outbreak containment, reducing morbidity
Strengthened national and regional disease surveillance networks
Mentorship and Technical Assistance
GLESSN partners with countries to provide tailored mentorship and technical assistance, enhancing laboratory diagnostics, epidemiological practices, and disease surveillance capacities. Our team works closely with local public health professionals to identify challenges, develop solutions, and strengthen institutional capacities.
Enhanced capacity and operational efficiency of public health institutions
Adoption of quality-driven practices in laboratories
Sustainable improvement of public health outcomes
Building leadership within laboratories
Quality Management Systems Development
Ref. QMS · ISO 9001:2015 alignedGLESSN is committed to effectiveness and reliability within health programs and services. Our operational guidance in the design, development and implementation of quality management systems for private and public institutions strengthens health systems’ performance using conventional and technological advancements.
Quality Policy & Planning
Setting foundations for systematic quality
Leadership & Governance
Collaborative organizational engagement
Risk Management
Proactive identification and mitigation
Process Standardization
Identification and streamlining of workflows
Performance Monitoring
Measuring and tracking outcomes
Continuous Improvement
Ongoing refinement and stakeholder engagement
Improved institutional planning
Stronger practices and culture
Enhanced stakeholder confidence
Improved problem solving
Risk management and compliance
“Effectiveness and reliability within health programs and services.”
GLESSN quality commitment
Laboratory Accreditation Support
Complete guidance through the ISO 15189:2022 accreditation process — from first gap analysis to the documentation and implementation support that carries a laboratory to assessment.
Gap analysis
Documentation build
Implementation support
Accreditation assessment
Laboratory Assessment & Auditing
Comprehensive assessments using internationally recognized standards and best practice for quality improvement.
SLMTA Program Implementation
Strengthening Laboratory Management Toward Accreditation — implementation and mentorship across Caribbean laboratories.
Quality Management Documentation
Policies, procedures and quality manuals developed for laboratory operations.
“International standards, applied in place.”
GLESSN technical practice