ASLM Continues Commitment to Expanded HIV Viral Load Testing

ASLM Continues Commitment to Expanded HIV Viral Load Testing Though viral load testing is a powerful tool, recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for improving the long-term success of antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV, less than 20% of ART patients in Africa receive regular viral load monitoring.[1] At the AIDS 2014 International Conference in… Read More

Infectious Disease Surveillance in Times of Calm and in Times of Storm

Infectious Disease Surveillance in Times of Calm and in Times of Storm Lab Culture discusses different surveillance approaches for optimal disease tracking, proving especially timely in light of the current Ebola outbreak No individual doctor, nurse, clinical laboratory professional, or healthcare worker, no matter how dedicated, can single-handedly stop an epidemic. Solving the problem of… Read More

An Interview with NHLS CEO Sagie Pillay, ASLM2014 Co-Chair

Africa’s Future is in Our Hands: An Interview with NHLS CEO Sagie Pillay, Co-Chair of ASLM2014 Sagie Pillay of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), South Africa, recently spoke with us about his roles in NHLS and ASLM2014, the collaboration between NHLS and ASLM, and his hopes for the future of African laboratory medicine. Mr…. Read More

Leveraging Collaboration to Improve HIV Diagnostic Quality and Expand Testing in Africa

Leveraging Collaboration to Improve HIV Diagnostic Quality and Expand Testing in Africa From 23-25 June 2014, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, ASLM hosted the “Consultative Meeting on Improving Access and Increasing Quality of HIV Testing in Africa”, in collaboration with the Joint United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa… Read More

Profile of a Medical Research Advocate in Senegal: Prof. Souleymane Mboup

“Without the laboratory, quality healthcare cannot exist” An Interview with Senegal’s Prof. Souleymane Mboup Souleymane Mboup, PhD, is a world-renowned researcher, professor and key member of the ASLM team, serving as a member of the Board of Directors, as a Senior Editor for the African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, and as member of the ASLM2014… Read More

ASLM Joins GLI Core Group

ASLM Joins GLI Core Group Global Laboratory Initiative for the African Region (GLI-AFR) launched ASLM is pleased to announce that CEO Dr. Tsehaynesh Messele was recently elected a member of the Core Group of the Global Laboratory Initiative (GLI) and presented at a GLI partners meeting. GLI is a working group of the Stop TB… Read More

In Cameroon, Improving HIV Diagnoses through a Volunteer Quality Corps

In Cameroon, Improving HIV Diagnoses through a Volunteer Quality Corps Cameroon has an HIV prevalence rate of 4.3% in adults, [1] one of the highest in West and Central Africa, with an average of 34,754 new HIV infections annually. [2] Despite increasing access to antiretroviral drugs, Cameroon is not on track to meet the Millennium… Read More

ASLM Facilitates Workshops in Partnership with CLSI and NHLS

ASLM Facilitates Workshops in Partnership with CLSI and NHLS From 23-27 June 2014, ASLM leaders co-facilitated two training workshops on mentorship and SLIPTA auditing. The trainings took place in Windhoek, Namibia and Johannesburg, South Africa, respectively. The Namibia-based workshop, which was jointly facilitated by Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI), focused on mentorship training designed… Read More