Practical Considerations for Managing Laboratory Guanidinium Thiocyanate (GTC)- Containing Waste from HIV Viral Load and Early Infant Diagnosis Platforms
As molecular diagnostic technologies have expanded across Africa over the past decade, particularly for HIV viral load (VL) and early infant diagnosis (EID) testing, the challenges
Framework for the Selection, Implementation, and Financing of Strategies for the Management and Treatment of Laboratory Waste
Amid rapidly advancing diagnostic technologies and expanding laboratory services across Africa, the safe and sustainable management of laboratory waste has become an urgent public
March 19 2026 LabCoP Extended ECHO Session: Critical Pathway Analysis for New TB Diagnostic Tools in Africa: Insights from 4 Countries & Continental Regulatory Stakeholders
Thursday, 19 March 2026 Over a decade since the WHO recommended replacement of smear microscopy with rapid molecular diagnostics, only half of people with TB have access to these t
Mastercard Saving Lives and Livelihoods Booklet
The Saving Lives and Livelihoods Pathogen Genomics project phase 2 was a follow-on from the phase 1 project which was primarily a response mechanism to the Covid 19 pandemic. The m
Expert Experience
The LabCoP management team recently asked Sandra Chipuka (MPH), Acting National HIV Program Laboratory Coordinator, Ministry of Health and Child Care, AIDS and TB Unit to discuss t
March 12 2026 LabCoP Extended ECHO Session: The External Quality Assurance Dashboard of the Global Laboratory Initiative
Thursday, 12 March 2026 Ensuring quality of TB testing is a central pillar of the End TB Strategy. However, the roll-out of external quality assurance programs (EQA) frequently lag
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
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
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
Guidance for Domestication of the Fleming Fund Qualifying the Workforce for AMR Surveillance in Africa and Asia (QWArS) Professional Qualification Framework
This document guides countries on how to adopt and adapt the Fleming Fund Qualifying the Workforce for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (QWArS) qualification framework. It set