The WHO GASP network

The WHO Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (GASP) is a worldwide laboratory network coordinated by focal points and regional coordinating centres. Each designated regional focal point, in partnership with its WHO regional office, collates data on patterns of antimicrobial susceptibility in gonorrhoea in participating countries.

Participating countries

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bhutan, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, Tonga, Uganda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Zimbabwe.

Regional GASP focal points

African Region

  • Currently none
  • Formerly (until February 2012) Sexually Transmitted Infections Reference Centre, National Health Laboratory Service, – Johannesburg, South Africa.

Region of the Americas

  • Sexually Transmitted Infections Reference Centre, National Institute of Infectious Diseases – Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • University of Saskatchewan – Saskatoon, Canada
  • Public Health Agency – Canada
  • Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Atlanta, Georgia, USA

 

Eastern Mediterranean Region

  • STD Laboratory, Bacterial Department, National Institute of Hygiene – Rabat, Morocco

European Region

  • Sexually Transmitted Bacteria Reference Laboratory, Health Protection Agency Centre – London, United Kingdom
  • WHO Collaborating Centre for Gonorrhoea and Other STIs, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology, Örebro University Hospital – Örebro, Sweden

South-East Asia Region

  • WHO GASP South-East Asia Regional Reference Laboratory, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital – New Delhi, India

Western Pacific Region

  • WHO Collaborating Centre for STDs, South Eastern Area Laboratory Services (SEALS), Prince of Wales Hospital – Sydney, Australia