From 20-23 June 2022, the medical laboratory systems self-assessment workshop was held in the conference room of Hotel Limaniya Golf in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The participating laboratories self-assessed the scale-up of the HIV viral load test. In attendance were the LabCoP management team, the main directorates in charge of medical biology laboratories (DGS; DAP; LNSP;… Read More
What’s New at LabCoP LabCoP Launches the New DNO Sub-CoP The Diagnostic Network Optimisation (DNO) sub-community of practice (CoP) is a collaboration between ASLM and the Foundation for Innovative Diagnostics (FIND) and aims to bring together countries and stakeholders to share challenges, solutions and best practices on optimising national diagnostic networks. DNO is a geospatial… Read More
The recent Lancet Commission Report highlighted gaps in access to diagnostics, with only 47% having access globally. Integrated diagnostics, a LabCoP priority, may address this access gap. A previous assessment of seven LabCoP countries in 2021 revealed that some countries had piloted integrated laboratory services and could be reference points for other countries. However, there… Read More
ASLM recently sat down with Dr Muwonga Jérémie Masidi, LabCoP Team Lead for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to discuss their initiative to evaluate rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) and diagnostic algorithms for HIV infection. ASLM: Dr Masidi, you were part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo team that recently completed Phase 2 of… Read More
ECHO sessions between April and June focused heavily on tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics, including a series commemorating the World TB Day. The sessions also highlighted technologies that are simplifying processes in activities such as diagnostic assay verification, the Rapid Test Continuous Quality Improvement (RTCQI) initiative, human papillomavirus screening, and the implementation of electronic return of results… Read More
The COVID-9 pandemic severely affected the world economy and public health. In response, various strategies have been employed to tackle the disease, including the development of effective vaccines. Genomics was a crucial component in the early public health response, aiding scientists and researchers to understand the origin, genomic diversity, transmission, and evolution of SARS-CoV-2, the… Read More
The African Society for Laboratory medicine (ASLM) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened 70 participants from 14 African countries to a 5-day workshop from the 30 May to 3 June 2022, to introduce the National Laboratory Quality Framework (NLQF). This event was facilitated by a team of ASLM experts assisted by… Read More
<> The African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) has been collaborating with the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) to improve medical laboratory systems and networks in member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). It is in this context that ASLM, alongside other partners of the WAHO Technical Working Group (TWG), including… Read More
2021 LabCoP Meeting Report LabCoP is excited to publish the meeting report from our 2021 Annual Meeting, held virtually and in-person. It’s jam packed with session summaries, key takeaways, outcomes, recommendations and next steps. There’s even a link to the new LabCoP song, produced by ASLM’s HIV Awareness Ambassador, Moses ‘Supercharger’ Nsubuga. Download the full… Read More
ASLM recently sat down with Innocent Twebaze, Laboratory Systems Officer, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, and member of Uganda’s LabCoP Team, to talk about LabCoP’s WhatsApp group, the south-south information sharing forum for LabCoP’s participating country teams. Mr Twebaze shared some of his experiences and successes with using the platform to benefit his organisation. ASLM:… Read More
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