Comments on: Combating drug-resistant HIV: Could old shipping containers be part of the answer? http://www.hhropenforum.org/2009/08/combating-drug-resistant-hiv/ a blog by the Health and Human Rights community Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:40:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Camila Gianella http://www.hhropenforum.org/2009/08/combating-drug-resistant-hiv/comment-page-1/#comment-993 Camila Gianella Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:02:26 +0000 http://www.hhropenforum.org/?p=1013#comment-993 Dear Sirs There are some experiences on these "mobile labs", developed and built by local manufacturers in towns where shipping containers may be found; and which can be readily moved to and from sites where the need is transient. In Peru the project MODS built and implemented a stand-alone mobile TB culture and rapid MDR testing laboratory utilising a 20-foot shipping container conversion to guarantee (a) mobility and (b) that the modular design can be readily replicated. One of the questions its the sustainability of the experience, and for that we must wait some time (to see if the lab keep working), but in my opinion these kind of experiences must be followed. Dear Sirs

There are some experiences on these “mobile labs”, developed and built by local manufacturers in towns where shipping containers may be found; and which can be readily moved to and from sites where the need is transient. In Peru the project MODS built and implemented a stand-alone mobile TB culture and rapid MDR testing laboratory utilising a 20-foot shipping container conversion to guarantee (a) mobility and (b) that the modular design can be readily replicated.
One of the questions its the sustainability of the experience, and for that we must wait some time (to see if the lab keep working), but in my opinion these kind of experiences must be followed.

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