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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 the West African Accreditation System, or SOAC (Système Ouest Africain d’Accréditation). AFRAC is a cooperation of accreditation bodies, sub-regional accreditation cooperations, and stakeholders whose objective is to facilitate trade… Read More

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 important to help identify potential bottlenecks that can limit the scale up of viral load testing for improved patient management, and delay the achievement… Read More

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)[1]. This major step in advancing integration in molecular diagnostics will see the price of Xpert® tests used for diagnosis of HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV) and… Read More

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) partnered with the World Health Organization (WHO), Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) and Unitaid to conduct a laboratory capacity building workshop from… Read More

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-income countries. One such article by Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and colleagues reflects on progress made in… Read More

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 regional meeting on strengthening laboratory systems and networks in support of disease surveillance. The meeting took place from 26 to 28 March 2018 at Le Meridien Hotel in Libreville,… Read More

ASLM celebrates Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, 22-28 April 2018. This week acknowledges the important contributions made by the medical laboratory professionals, scientists and pathologists, who work together to improve health care in Africa. ASLM invites you to view the short video linked below, which features ASLM CEO, Dr Ali Elbireer, who provides insights on the… Read More

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 strides have been made toward diagnosing people living with HIV (PLHIV). However, as more people are reached and diagnosed the cost of additional testing to… Read More

The African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) has formalised a new partnership with the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) and the African Federation of Clinical Chemistry (AFCC). On 17 March 2018, Dr Ali Elbireer, Chief Executive Officer of ASLM, met with Prof Howard Morris, President of IFCC, and Prof Rajiv Erasmus,… Read More

The 10th annual conference of the Ethiopian Public Health Laboratory Association (EPHLA) was convened on 23 February 2018 at the Global Hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting was attended by African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) Program Managers Drs Amha Kebede, Wubshet Mamo, and Aytenew Ashenafi, and Dr Ali Elbireer, Chief Executive Officer of… Read More