The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has just approved the "Pathologists Lancet Kenya" laboratory in Nairobi after an extensive audit and consultation of its group of experts from the laboratories and the executive committee. This is the first ever blood laboratory for the athlete’s biological passport in East Africa.
Edwin Muhande (Operations Manager) and Eunice Ombati (Country Manager) of the Lancet laboratories surround WADA Senior Manager, Thierry Boghosian and Dr. Raphael Faiss, project manager at the REDs from the University of Lausanne
Initially, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) commissioned the Research and Expertise Center for Anti-Doping Science (REDs) at the University of Lausanne to select a candidate laboratory and then put in place the adequate procedures. The REDs then trained the staff on site and monitored the accreditation process.
"This laboratory represents a major step forward in the fight against doping in athletics in a key region for sport," said IAU Director Brett Clothier, who thanks the REDs for its significant contribution to the success of the project.
Prof. Martial Saugy, director of the REDs, underlines, for his part, the very effective collaboration between the anti-doping experts of the laboratories of Lausanne and Montreal, and the WADA. A collaboration that has provided a tailor-made and expert training: "The success of this project in Kenya is part of the REDs strategy of providing the anti-doping community with extensive expertise, a recognized level of academic training, and an innovative pragmatic approach able to meet concrete needs ".
Le REDs à l’origine du premier laboratoire antidopage en Afrique de l’Est
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