MESSAGE FROM ASLM CEO
Nqobile Ndlovu Africa’s public health landscape continues to evolve, bringing with it new challenges that demand stronger collaboration, innovation, and investment in people an
Building Africa’s Biosafety Workforce – From Training to Transformation
Nelly Rwenji & Nuru Ngailo “We must move beyond numbers and demonstrate real impact.” Across Africa, a quiet transformation is underway in laboratories, training ro
From classrooms to practice: learning that translates
Nelly Rwenji & Nuru Ngailo In March 2026 alone, three major regional trainings took place across the continent – in Accra, Dakar, and Dar es Salaam – each reflec
Partners Review Progress on Strengthening Disease Surveillance and Health Security Across Africa
Nelly Rwenji ASLM, Health and security partners from across Africa convened in April 2026 for the first progress review meeting of Phase II of the Health Security Partnership to
ARILAC Project: Advancing Regional Laboratory Excellence
ARILAC Initiative Set to Strengthen Africa’s Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance Nuru Ngailo l ASLM Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the fastest-growing threa
Strengthening Africa’s Laboratory Response to Outbreaks: From Emergency Deployment to Genomic Surveillance
Sylvester Z. Moyo and Edwin Shumba, ASLM The 2026 Ebola disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, caused by the Bundibugyo virus and declared a Public Health
Laboratory Medicine: Beyond the Test Tube — Understanding the Real Scope of the Field
Mohammad Ismail, ASLM Ambassador from Pakistan, Laboratory medicine is one of the most important yet frequently misunderstood fields in healthcare. Many people outside t
Africa CDC Unveils New Biosafety and Biosecurity Strategy to Strengthen Health Security Across Africa
Nuru Ngailo ASLM, At the Global Health Security Conference (GHS 2026) in Kuala Lumpur, Africa CDC, in collaboration with ASLM, unveiled the 2026–2030 Biosafety and Biosecur
HPV DNA Testing in Africa: The Case for Truenat HPV-HR Plus
Alaine Umubyeyi, Molbio Diagnostics, Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women globally. It caused 662,000 cases and 349,000 deaths in 2022, with 94% of deat
ASLM Advances Towards ISO 9001:2015 Certification
Joshua Mwangi, ASLM On 3 June 2026, the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) achieved an important milestone in our quality journey — successfully passing the ISO 900