Metu Karl Hospital’s ISO Accreditation Shaping the Future of African Medicine
In a momentous achievement for African healthcare, Ethiopia’s Metu Karl Comprehensive Specialized Hospital (MKCSH) has achieved the prestigious ISO 15189:2012 accreditation i
What’s New: January to August 2023
LabNetLead ASLM, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, FIND, and other partners have developed the Laboratory Network Leadership (LabNetLead) course to introduce concepts and activ
Expert Experience
LabCoP recently sat down with Dr Rina Djubgang Djoukwe, Deputy Director of Laboratories and Blood Transfusion at the Ministry of Public Health of Cameroon, to talk to her about her
Know Your Laboratory System!
Improving any system requires an understanding of how things function and being realistic about what is known and what is not before taking action. Since its launch in 2017, LabCoP
Onboarding Botswana and Sao Tomé and Principe to LabCoP
Botswana and Sao Tomé and Principle are the latest countries to join the Laboratory Systems Strengthening Community of Practice (LabCoP). Their addition brings the total number of
ECHO Sessions Summary: January to August 2023
The African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), in collaboration with partners, continued its successful series of information, knowledge and experience-sharing ECHO sessions t
Uganda South-to-South Learning Visit: 19-24 June 2023
In June 2023, the Zimbabwe LabCoP team visited the Uganda National Health Laboratory Services (UNHLS) to learn about the operations of a reference laboratory and see how different
Epidemiologists in Africa Rise to the AMR Data Challenge with QWArS Training
Two regional workshops, one in Nairobi, Kenya, in April and the other in Lusaka, Zambia, in late August, brought together human and animal health epidemiologists, hailing from Eswa
ASLM and WAHO/PROALAB Conducted Training on ISO 15189:2022 Standard for Implementors
The African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) in collaboration with the West Africa Health Organization (WAHO/PROALAB) has facilitated a training workshop on the up
Empowering Master Trainers to Strengthen AMR Surveillance Training Across Africa and Asia
Under the Fleming Fund Regional Grant, the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) and partners are taking a significant stride toward enhancing antimicrobial resistance (AM