Accreditation Gains Traction in Egypt Laboratory accreditation, a means of determining the technical competence of a laboratory to perform specific activities, allows clients to identify reliable, high-quality testing services. Benefiting the laboratory as well as the client, accreditation provides a benchmark against which a laboratory can measure its competence and identify areas for improvement. Eng…. Read More
Global Health Trials Offers Abundance of Free e-Learning Resources To attend trainings and continuing education courses, hospital and laboratory staff working outside of urban areas may need to travel long distances to reach the nearest referral or teaching hospital. Obstacles such as limited budgets, insufficient human resources, unsafe road conditions and political strife can restrict… Read More
Kenya Medical Research Institute, an ASLM Collaborating Centre, Demonstrates Excellence in Research and Laboratory Strengthening In December 2012, ASLM launched its new Collaborating Centres programme, which aims to strengthen laboratory networks and standardise diagnostic services across Africa. The programme provides a platform for Collaborating Centres to foster laboratory linkages, evaluate new technologies, and adopt high-efficiency… Read More
Letter from the CEO: May 2014 Advocacy, Education and Collaboration: Bolstering Laboratory Medicine on All Fronts Here at the ASLM headquarters, we have been busy reinforcing our commitment to increasing the visibility and prospects of African medical laboratory professionals through advocacy, training, and collaborative activities with stakeholders. In February and March, ASLM co-coordinated two training… Read More
Member Spotlight: Professor Anthony Emeribe Professor Anthony Emeribe, ASLM Board Member, recently spoke with us about his career, the landscape of laboratory services in Nigeria, and the future of ASLM. What first interested you in a career in laboratory medicine? I was driven by a desire to serve humanity and to save lives. Clinical laboratories… Read More
ASLM Board Chair Champions Laboratory Medicine at Infectious Diseases Conference The prominent 16th International Congress on Infectious Diseases was held from 2-5 April 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa, where notable experts in the field came together to discuss current interventions aimed at curbing the toll of infectious diseases, neglected tropical diseases and nosocomial infections…. Read More
Proficiency Testing: Diagnosing Threats to Quality It happens all too often: a tired technician transposes two numbers, and a positive result becomes a negative. Or a piece of equipment goes too long without maintenance, and drifts out of calibration. As every scientist and laboratory technologist knows, laboratory medicine is only as valuable as it is… Read More
ASLM Supports Development and Review of African Laboratory Training Programmes A comprehensive approach to strengthening laboratory systems in Africa requires reinforcing and supporting the capacity of the broader laboratory workforce. In resource-limited settings, medical laboratory training programmes can many times be deficient as a result of insufficient funding, limited political commitment or poor understanding of… Read More
ASLM Welcomes New Addition to Ambassador Programme Implementing the pan-African programmatic objectives of the ASLM2020 strategic vision requires the successful engagement of local, national and regional advocates. Through an Ambassadors Programme, the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) utilises such advocates to support the implementation of its vision: advancing the laboratory medicine services and… Read More
IHVN & ASLM Partner to Train Scientists on Research Writing The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) and African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) have recently trained over 20 scientists on writing biomedical research manuscripts for publication. The eight day workshop, which was held at the IHVN training hall in Abuja, mentored health researchers… Read More
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