February 19 2026 LabCoP Extended ECHO Session: The launch of second version of the Waste Cost Assessment Framework (WCAF) tool
Thursday, 19 Feb 2026 Effective waste management involves safe procedures for minimizing, segregating, collecting, storing, transporting, treating, and disposing waste. All waste p
February 12 2026 LabCoP Extended ECHO Session: Community-Led Monitoring in Action
Thursday, 12th February 2026 Community-led monitoring is a participatory approach that empowers communities to systematically collect and analyze data to improve health services an
June 2025 LabCoP ECHO Session: Preserving Laboratory Medicine Success in Africa: what leaders need to do to alleviate the devastating sector wide effects of funding uncertainties: immediate actions.
Tuesday, 17th June 2025 Funding cuts to global health initiatives have far-reaching implications. If not successfully mitigated, the freeze threatens to disrupt essential health se
May 15 2025 LabCoP Extended ECHO Session: National Multi-pathogen Diagnostic Program Supporting Patient-Centered Care Through Strengthening Microbiology and Molecular Techniques in Zambia
Thursday, 15th May 2025 The African region continue to bear the burden of communicable diseases including those emanating from epidemic prone pathogens. This burden is exacerbated
January 2026 LabCoP ECHO Session: From Fragmentation to Coordination: How Laboratory TWGs Are Strengthening Leadership in Burkina Faso and Zambia
The LabCoP ECHO session on Thursday, 15th January 2026 briefing highlights widespread coordination and leadership challenges faced by National Laboratory Directorates across Africa
The 8th LabCoP Annual Meeting Report Is Now Available!
We are excited to announce the release of the 8th Laboratory Community of Practice (LabCoP) Annual Meeting Report, capturing key insights, progress, and collective achievements fro
November 2025 labCoP Extended ECHO Session: Dissemination of the framework for GIS mapping of laboratory systems and network capacities in Africa
On Wednesday, 5th November 2025, the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) unveiled the Framework for GI
What’s New and Looking Ahead
ASLM Launches Framework to Safeguard Essential Diagnostic Services Amid Reduced Funding ASLM has introduced the Minimum Package of Laboratory Care Framework, a structured and evide
Expert Experience
The LabCoP management team recently sat down with Dr. Grania Brigden, Senior TB Advisor at The Global Fund, to discuss exciting updates to TB diagnostics. Near point-of-care (NPOC)
Closing the evidence to implementation gap for new TB tests
Access to rapid TB diagnosis remains a challenge. Globally, just over a third of TB testing sites have access to a WHO-recommended rapid diagnostic (WRD) test. Where testing is ava