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
LabCop ECHO SEssion Summary July–Sept 2025
During the 3rd quarter of 2025, the Laboratory Systems Strengthening Community of Practice (LabCoP), with support from the Gates Foundation and partner organizations, convened seve
Stakeholders meeting on LabMap capacity gap analysis on laboratory-based disease surveillance and review of the data collection tool
From 8-12th September 2025, Africa CDC and ASLM partnered with seven Member States to conduct a laboratory capacity gap analysis using LabMap data in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The ana
Publication of the newly developed framework for GIS-mapping of laboratory systems and network capacities in Africa
In October 2025, Africa CDC submitted the newly developed framework for GIS mapping of laboratory systems and network capacities across Africa for publication. Developed in collabo
Framework for GIS Mapping of laboratory systems and networks capacities in Africa
In October 2025, Africa CDC published the newly developed framework for GIS mapping of laboratory systems and network capacities across Africa for publication. Developed in collabo