- Assist countries with GIS localisation for lab network optimisation
- Scorecard to measure lab system functionality
- Tool to establish integrated sample transport systems
- Freetown Declaration on lab network optimisation
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Upcoming Events
ASLM encourages medical lab professionals to participate in a myriad of global health conferences that provide opportunities to engage with policy makers, global health leaders, and network with their counterparts from across Africa and the world to learn about new technologies, advances in laboratory medicine, and best practices. Here you will find information about some of the most prominent global health conferences and links to register to attend.
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ASM Microbe
09/06/2022 - 13/06/2022ASM Microbe, held in Washington, DC and virtually this year, connects scientists with their science, producing a forum that allows for the sharing of new ideas and knowledge. ASM Microbe will be jam-packed with opportunities to hear the latest advances in microbiology, connect with peers on new collaborations, meet people with similar interests and gain exposure to new techniques in your field.
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International Liver Congress 2022
22/06/2022 - 26/06/2022The ILC 2022, held in London, United Kingdom will bring the pleasure of face-to-face meetings, safely and merge the very best of ILC tradition with cutting-edge, yet safe, developments in meeting technology.
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AIDS 2022
29/07/2022 - 02/08/2022The 24th International AIDS Conference, held in Montreal, Canada and virtually, will call on the world to come together to re-engage and follow the science. It will define future research agendas, shift latest evidence to action, and chart a new consensus on overcoming the HIV epidemic as a threat to public health and individual well-being.
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COLDA 2022
29/09/2022 - 01/10/2022COLDA, held in South Africa this year as a hybrid in-person and virtual event, aims at empowering healthcare professionals to exchange knowledge on the latest developments and achievements in the management of viral hepatitis and liver disease with a special focus on the African context.
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ASLM produces a variety of publications to keep you informed about global health news, the latest medical laboratory research, advancements in laboratory systems technology, best practices, and ASLM's activities and initiatives.
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ASLM Strategic Pillars
ASLM strives to achieve its goals and objectives by coordinating and synergizing partnerships, and advocating for and facilitating cost-effective interventions for laboratory strengthening. ASLM brings together programs, expertise, institutions and laboratory professionals to catalyse new initiatives and processes toward improved laboratory capacity on the continent.

- Conducting dozens of in-service trainings annually with partners
- 200+ members in a laboratory system strengthening community of practice (LabCoP)
- Offering fellowship programs in HIV and AMR
- 5,000+ ASLM members
- Secretariat of the WHO-AFRO SLIPTA programme
- 23 SLIPTA-participating countries
- 503 labs engaged in SLIPTA
- 153 certified SLIPTA auditors
- 80+ publications on QMS in the AJLM
- Stakeholder of AFRAC
- Liaises with ISO TC 212
- 1,500+ attend ASLM conferences
- 50,000+ AJLM readers
- 3,000+ Lab Culture readers
- 20,000+ listserv subscribers
- 5,000+ experts in ASLM’s database
- 75+ website resources
- 10,000+ social media followers
- Updated guidance on the roll out of point-of-care testing instruments
- Framework for IVD regulation in outbreak situations
- Founding member of the African Collaborative to Advance Diagnostics