LabVoice Newsletter Issue 02
The second edition of the LabVoice Newsletter is here!We’re delighted to kick off the New Year with an issue rich in storytelling, insight, and celebration, spotlighting the peop
Guidance for Establishing a National Laboratory Quality Framework
To advance implementation of laboratory quality management systems at all tiers of the national laboratory network 2nd Edition, 2024 This document is designed to inform and support
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
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
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
Expanding and sustaining GIS Laboratory mapping program in Africa: Case of Cameroon and Tunisia
Rising costs and the need for program sustainability are major challenges for health programs, particularly in the context of increasing demands and unpredictable funding landscape
May 2025 LabCoP Extended ECHO Session: Experiences, challenges and lessons learnt in improving the public health laboratories surveillance capabilities for priority diseases The experiences of Burkina Faso, and São Tomé and Príncipe
In this ECHO session,São Tomé and Príncipe, and Burkina Faso shares their experiences, challenges, lessons learnt and priority areas in improving detection, surveillance and res
September 2024 LabCoP DNO ECHO Session: GIS Laboratory Mapping programme in-country institutionalization, implementation and monitoring journey: Experiences from Mozambique and Zimbabwe
This LabCoP DNO Sub-CoP ECHO session, focuses on ‘Institutionalization, implementation and monitoring of GIS Laboratory mapping programme’. ASLM in collaboration with Africa CD
Issue Brief on Laboratory Leadership in Africa
Our project aims to identify the roles, responsibilities, skills, and requirements by the laboratory directorates to fulfill their mandate including planning, mobilizing funding, e
Empowering Laboratory Systems: The Impact of LabMap Academy in Cameroon
On 13th February 2025, The African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), in collaboration with Africa CDC and Cameroon’s Ministry of Health (MOH), convened a review meeting to