Accreditation is an effective tool for assuring competency and trust in a wide variety of areas of economic and social life, Chairman of the Belarusian State Committee for Standardization Valentin Tataritsky said.
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Government is set to create a National Accreditation System to regulate both government and private agencies that approve standards.
The system, which will have a body corporate, will also be in charge of among others, providing internationally recognised accreditations in a bid to promote trade and local standards.
Addressing journalists in Kampala early this week, Trade Minster Amelia Kyambadde said a Bill has already been passed by Parliament and is only awaiting accent by the President.
The Bill creates a corporate body - Uganda National Accreditation System - with perpetual succession endowed with the functionality of carrying out accreditation of calibration bodies, testing bodies, verification laboratories, certification bodies, inspection bodies and medical laboratories.
Belarus healthcare institutions receiving Sputnik V vaccines for frontline health workers
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MINSK, 16 January (BelTA) – The vaccination of frontline healthcare workers is about to start in Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry.
“Today, healthcare institutions are receiving Sputnik V vaccines for frontline healthcare workers. First of all, there are plans to vaccinate 2,285 health workers in Minsk, 3,460 in Brest Oblast, 3,260 in Vitebsk Oblast, 4,365 in Gomel Oblast, 1,735 in Grodno Oblast, 1,610 in Mogilev Oblast, 2,485 in Minsk Oblast. About 800 doses are meant for the staff of national healthcare centers,” the press service informed.
The Healthcare Ministry noted that it is a common global practice to start vaccination from healthcare workers. The Healthcare Ministry has distributed the vaccines across the regions depending on applications of healthcare institutions. The cold chain compliance procedure is observed.