Press Releases

UNAIDS, ASLM and Partners Launch Initiative to Improve HIV Diagnostics Partners will advocate for increased funding and price reductions, strengthen efforts to ensure highest quality diagnostic services and forge partnerships to close diagnostic access gaps. DAI Launch Document: Download the Official Document Here Melbourne, Australia (23 July 2014) – The Joint United Nations Programme on… Read More

ASLM Announces 2nd International Conference: Call for Abstracts Update: ASLM2014 Abstract Submission Deadline Extended Until Thursday, 8 May (Updated: Now closed) MEDIA CONTACTS:  Corey White (ASLM Senior Communications Officer), +251 11 557 1021, Email Press release: ASLM2014 Announces 2nd International Conference; Call for Abstracts Press release: عن المؤتمر الدولي الثاني ؛ دعوة لتقديم الملخصات ASLM… Read More

ASLM Commends Nomination of Dr. Deborah Birx as United States Global AIDS Coordinator Update: Dr. Birx Confirmed MEDIA CONTACTS:  Corey White (ASLM Senior Communications Officer) +251 11 557 1021, Email Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (10 January 2014) – The African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) commends United States President Barack Obama for nominating Dr. Deborah Birx as… Read More

      Media Advisory: UNAIDS and ASLM to Formalise Partnership to Improve Laboratories and Access to HIV Testing MEDIA CONTACTS:  Zenawit T. Melesse (UNAIDS Johannesburg) +27 89 909 2637, Email Corey White (ASLM) +251 11 557 1021, Email Click here to read the latest HIV/AIDS Fact Sheet from UNAIDS. CAPE TOWN, South Africa, (8… Read More

African Society for Laboratory Medicine to Launch in Ethiopia International partners convene for creation of first laboratory medicine professional organization ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – A three-day stakeholders’ meeting will convene in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 14 to launch the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), an organization that will advance the laboratory profession and… Read More

A pre-conference press briefing will be held at 12:30 on December 4, 2012 at the Cape Town International Conference Centre. More details will follow. African Society for Laboratory Medicine to Hold its First International Conference in Cape Town, South Africa December 1-7, 2012 Meeting to discuss and share improved laboratory diagnostics, accreditation successes, and workforce… Read More

MEDIA: For media inquiries, contact Corey White (communication@aslm.org or +251.11.557.1021) African Partners Gather to Discuss HIV Viral Load Testing Programmes in Africa CAPE TOWN, South Africa, (17 April 2013) – More than 120 HIV clinicians, policy makers, and laboratory scientists gathered in Cape Town, South Africa from 18-20 April 2013 at the invitation of the… Read More