Primary objectives of the meeting:

1.  To provide reflections and updates and share lessons learned on Pacific Island
   Countries laboratory service management with a particular focus on laboratory
   management during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. To develop a regional strategy on how to improve laboratory services and manage
   future pandemics and /or public health emergencies to ensure health security in the
   region
3. To provide updates on the implementation of other Pacific Public Health Surveillance
   Network (PPHSN) Labnet Laboratory strengthening activities.
4. To share country-level priorities and opportunities that technical partners can leverage
   on for a coordinated and collaborative approach to human, animal, and environmental
   laboratory testing