Minimum Package for Sustainable Laboratory Systems
A Framework for Prioritizing Laboratory Systems Strengthening in the context of Reduced External Funding Diagnostics play a central role in ensuring quality health care and are fun
August 2025 Ext Echo Session: Accelerating TB Diagnostics in Africa – spotlight on near point-of-care diagnostics
28 August 2025 Next generation TB diagnostics that can be placed close to where people with TB seek care, in the community and at primary health care facilities, are on the horizon
August 2025 Extended Echo Session: Non-sputum-based tests for TB: hype or hope?
7 August 2025 Every year, an estimated 3 million people with TB go undiagnosed due to limited access to quality diagnostics, weak health systems and reliance on sputum samples. Non
Bringing Diagnostics Closer: A Community Perspective on the Impact of the Resolve Project in Burkina Faso
By Ouedraogo Kouka, Community Member, Burkina Faso In the past, getting tested for a disease at my local health center seemed almost impossible. People from my community had to tra
July 2025 LabCoP Extended ECHO Session: Practical Approaches to tNGS Implementation for Rapid Detection of Drug-Resistant TB: Insights from West Java, Indonesia
The emergence of drug-resistant TB remains a global health threat, with only one-third of individuals estimated to have multi-drug (MDR) or rifampicin-resistant (RR) TB diagnosed a
What’s New – Guidance for prioritization of laboratory systems and services
ASLM is developing a minimum package of laboratory care framework that provides a structured and evidence-based approach to prioritize and sustain critical diagnostic services in t
Estimating the demand for tuberculosis diagnostics closer to the point of care
Despite being declared a global emergency in 1993, tuberculosis (TB) still claims the lives of over 1 million people each year. Additionally, approximately 2 million people who hav
Lab Lessons from the Frontlines: April–June 2025 in Review
Between April and June 2025, the Laboratory Systems Strengthening Community of Practice (LabCoP), with support from the Gates Foundation and partner organizations, convened ten imp
June 2025 LabCoP Extended ECHO Session: Flying blind: the urgent need for rapid detection of bedaquiline-resistant TB
The emergence of drug-resistant TB remains a global health threat, with only one-third of individuals estimated to have multi-drug (MDR) or rifampicin-resistant (RR) TB diagnosed a
June 2025 Science Webinar: From Lab to Market Place: ABCs of Diagnostic Product Development
The ASLM Science and Innovation Webinar Series aims to provide a platform for the latest scientific advancements, knowledge sharing, and skill enhancement for laboratory medicine p