Welcoming the Republic of Guinea LabCoP Team

The LabCoP Management Team is pleased to announce that the Republic of Guinea has joined the LabCoP family! They will perform their first self-assessment in the coming weeks. Please join us in welcoming the Republic of Guinea to the LabCoP family. Bienvenue, République de Guinée!

New LabCoP Country Dashboard

The LabCoP Management Team has been hard at work developing country-specific dashboards for country teams to utilize for monitoring, measuring and analysing relevant data in key areas of laboratory system strengthening. The dashboard consolidates the various assessments conducted over time and enables better work plan development, planning and easier navigation. Look out for the launch of the new dashboard in June 2024.

LabCoP Annual Meeting Report

The LabCoP 2023 Meeting Report is hot off the presses and, for the first time, is available in English, French and Portuguese! Check out the summaries of the dynamic presentations that were made at the meeting, which took place on the sidelines of ASLM2023. Read the reports here.

Looking Ahead

New Recipe in LabCoP’s Cookbook of Best Practices

The LabCoP Management Team is preparing a new recipe about electronic return of results for inclusion in the Cookbook of Best Practices. Look out for the new recipe in June 2024. Until then, make sure to check out the other recipes in the cookbook. Each recipe is a collection of key considerations and best practices resulting from the south-to-south information sharing of LabCoP country teams. All are freely available from the LabCoP website.

Upcoming ECHO sessions

LabCoP will host some exciting ECHO sessions over the next few months, including sessions about:

• Joint Advocacy, Funding Approaches, and Lessons Learned: Exploring Case Studies and Gaining Insights from Cross-Disease Collaborations
• Liquid Waste Management, Including GTC: Lessons from Uganda and Nigeria
• National Equipment Maintenance and Calibration Centre Set up and Operation

Check out the full archive of past LabCoP ECHO Sessions here.

2024 Annual LabCoP Meeting

Preparations for the highly-anticipated annual LabCoP meeting are well under way. This year, the meeting will convene in Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire. This will be LabCoP’s seventh annual meeting and is shaping up to be one of the best yet. Expect an exciting meeting full of presentations and breakouts about innovations and progress in laboratory systems strengthening. Stay tuned for more updates!