New Findings Guide Health Policy to Fight Drug-resistance in Africa
A new report published in The Lancet Microbe summarizes the findings of the Mapping AMR and AMU partnership (MAAP) supported by UK aid’s Fleming Fund and reveals critical gaps in
L’Organisation Ouest-Africaine de la Santé et la Société Africaine de Médecine de Laboratoire s’associent pour renforcer les Systèmes de management de la Qualité des laboratoires dans la région de la CEDEAO
Addis Abeba, Éthiopie, 6 mars 2024 – l’OOAS et l’ASLM ont signé un second accord de coopération, soutenu par un financement de la République Fédérale d’Allema
West African Health Organization and African Society for Laboratory Medicine Join Forces to Strengthen Laboratory Quality Management Systems in the ECOWAS Region
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 6 March 2024 – The West African Health Organization (WAHO) and the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) have entered into a second cooperation ag
ASLM Announces 6th Biennial Conference in South Africa: Shaping Laboratory Systems and Diagnostic Services for the 21st Century
Cape Town, South Africa: 17 July 2023 – The African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) (www.aslm.org), a premier pan-African organization dedicated to advancing laboratory me
Multi-country research on antimicrobial resistance in Africa reveals only five of 15 antibiotic-resistant pathogens designated by the WHO as priority pathogens are consistently tested
Study across 14 countries reveals lack of laboratory capacity and erratic use of available antibiotics, finds only 1.3% of medical laboratories conduct any bacteriology testing Sep
ASLM Launches the Laboratory Directors’ Forum to Transform Laboratory Best Practice in Africa
13 September 2022, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) is pleased to announce the virtual launch of the Laboratory Directors’ Forum (L
ASLM Announces Next Editor-in-Chief of AJLM
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 27 Jan 2022. The African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) is pleased to appoint Prof Rajiv T Erasmus as the new Editor-in-Chief of its peer-reviewed sc
ASLM Announces 2021 Virtual Conference
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (17 August 2021). It is with great excitement that the African Society for Laboratory Medicine announces its 5th conference, which will take place virtually 1
ASLM Releases the Diagnostic Integration Knowledge Library: A case for including COVID-19 in tuberculosis/HIV integrated diagnostics
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (24 March 2021) On World Tuberculosis Day 2021, ASLM is excited to release the Diagnostic Integration Knowledge Library recognising that lessons learned from