ASLM Continues the Fight Against AMR with Fleming Fund and AMRSNET
EQuAFRICA workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa from 10-11 February, 2020 While the fight against COVID-19 remains a top priority, the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASL
Fleming Fund Program Expands Activities to Central Africa with the Regional EQA Grant (EQAFRICA)
In alignment with the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance objective to build sustainable national systems for improved surveillance, the United Kingdom-based Fleming Fun
Tenth African Accreditation Cooperation General Assembly Meetings Held in Cote d’Ivoire
The African Accreditation Cooperation (AFRAC) held its 10th General Assembly and Meetings from 19-27 September 2019 in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The General Assembly was hosted by
Training on HIV Viral Load and Infant Virological Testing Scorecard:
A key step to support the scale up of viral load testing toward the achievement of the ‘third 90’ Monitoring the continuum of viral load testing at the facility level is import
Cepheid Lowers Pricing for Multiple Xpert®-Family Virology Tests for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
On 23 July 2018, Cepheid announced a new pricing agreement which lowers the prices of tests for multiple conditions on its virology menu for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs
West and Central African countries step up plans to increase access to point-of-care early infant diagnosis
Increasing access to point-of-care testing June 2018 At the invitation of the Joint United Nations Regional Team on AIDS (JURTA), the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM)
Laboratory Medicine Highlighted in Series of Lancet Articles
A series of articles on diagnostics in a recent issue of The Lancet highlights the importance of laboratory medicine, many with a specific focus on laboratory medicine in low-incom
Central Africa Regional Meeting on Strengthening Laboratory Systems and Networks in Support of Disease Surveillance
Together with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through its regional collaborating Center (RCC) in Gabon, ASLM jointly organized the first Central Africa
ASLM celebrates Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, 22-28 April 2018
ASLM celebrates Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, 22-28 April 2018. This week acknowledges the important contributions made by the medical laboratory professionals, scientists
WHO Webex: Costing HIV Testing Services Understanding and Using Data for Decision-Making
Join us for the first in a multi-part webinar series which focuses on understanding and using costing and value for money in the context of HIV testing services! Huge stride