Resource Centre
ASLM’s Resource Center is designed to help you keep up with the latest tool kits, regulations, guides and other information published by ASLM, partners, and global health regulatory bodies. Use the filters above to locate the information you need based on the ASLM project, resource type, or topic of interest. To find a specific resource, enter the resource name in the search bar. You may also use the search bar to enter key words related to the resources of your interest.
In this Antimicrobial (AMR) Community of Practice (CoP) webinar on 11 October 2024, we focus on the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST), tracing its evolution, organization, and its critical role in standardizing antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) globally. It delves into EUCAST’s methodology for setting clinical breakpoints, the tools and guidance available for phenotypic… Read More
In this Antimicrobial (AMR) Community of Practice (CoP) webinar, we focuses on addressing AMR through surveillance in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) and the South African situation. The presentation by Prof. Olga Perovic, also discusses how to bridge the gaps in AMR surveillance in LMICs. Dr. Perovic is an Associate Professor, University of Witwatersrand, South… Read More
In this Antimicrobial (AMR) Community of Practice (CoP) webinar, we discuss the sophisticated and crafty methods bacteria use to resist antibiotics. The session presentation is delivered by Dr. Caroline Maluleka, Acting Head of the Centre for Heathcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses (CHARM), National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), South Africa. Please follow the links… Read More
On 4 July, ASLM’s LabCoP hosted an Extended ECHO session about improving diagnostics for drug-resistant tuberculosis. Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) remains a significant public health concern, given the increasing resistance to the effective foundation drugs, including Rifampicin and Isoniazid. In this session, we focus on utilizing Cepheid’s GeneXpert MTB/XDR, a WHO-endorsed, low complexity NAAT testing platform,… Read More
In this Antimicrobial Resistance Community of Practice (AMR CoP) webinar, we review the highlights of a groundbreaking study aimed at enhancing global antimicrobial resistance research capabilities, using interactive geographic information system (GIS) dashboards developed to enable comprehensive data analysis of AMR across multiple countries, providing crucial insights into antimicrobial usage (AMU), resistance patterns, and geographic… Read More
In this Antimicrobial (AMR) Community of Practice (CoP) webinar, we discuss integrating One Health into external quality assurance (EQA) PT programmes and key considerations. The session presentation is made by Dr Vashnee Govender, Lecturer, Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa, and covers covers antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance through the… Read More
This AMR CoP ECHO session explores surgical site infections and related antibiotic resistance profiles occurring after Bellwether procedures in rural Liberia. In this session, we explore the Liberian experience on antibiotic resistance profiles from surgical site infections that occur after surgery, the main causes of healthcare-related infections in low- and middle-income countries, and their impact… Read More
In this Antimicrobial (AMR) Community of Practice (CoP) webinar, we learn about how Tanzania has managed to implement an AMR surveillance system based on the WHONET software and implementing the WHO Point Prevalence Survey on Antibiotic Use in Hospitals, as part of their National Action Plan on AMR implementation. We also discuss how this surveillance… Read More
This policy brief summarises the results of the Mapping Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use Partnership (MAAP) project, and the analysis and interpretation of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and antimicrobial consumption (AMC) data collected from 2016 to 2019 from 14 countries of sub-Saharan Africa. The policy brief highlights the gaps and opportunities of the national AMR laboratory… Read More
In this Antimicrobial (AMR) Community of Practice (CoP) webinar, we discuss the worrying pattern of AMR observed in children under-5 years in one region in Ghana and its implication on AMR National Action Plan (NAP) implementation. We also explore strategies adopted by Uganda to support AMR surveillance and the role of country Antimicrobial Resistance Coordinating… Read More
In this Antimicrobial (AMR) Community of Practice webinar, we explore how integrated AMR interventions have been applied in a One Health approach to improve surveillance. We discuss a One Health approach to containing AMR and the key role governments play in the global effort. We further share the country-specific context of how Kenya’s government contribution… Read More
In this Antimicrobial (AMR) Community of Practice (CoP) webinar, we discuss the One Health approach to addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This approach provides significant opportunities to explore broadly-existing microbial relationships between humans and animals. In this session, from the genomic point of view, the Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD), Senegal presents unique perspectives of AMR… Read More
This Guidance for Establishing a National Laboratory Quality Framework (NLQF), developed by Africa CDC and ASLM, has been prepared to guide and facilitate country-level efforts of strengthening national laboratory systems and networks. This document serves as a practical guide for countries during the development or updating of their national laboratory quality policies and strategic plans… Read More
In this In this Antimicrobial (AMR) Community of Practice (CoP) webinar, we share the experience of Kenya in the development of a national quality manual and strategic plan for the animal health sector, supporting the establishment on a national quality infrastructure that supports and mandates quality management systems (QMS) implementation and external quality assurance (EQA)… Read More
In this AMR CoP session, we discuss laboratory workforce development challenges. In many countries in Africa, the numbers and skills of professionals capable of generating quality antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) laboratory results, interpreting antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data or designing relevant and representative AMR surveillance protocols required for solid AMR surveillance systems are scarce. In addition,… Read More
On 14 April 2022 ASLM’s LabCoP convened an Extended ECHO session about addressing diagnostic gaps in the tuberculosis (TB) care cascade, which featured discussion about the MTB/XDR assays and considerations for their implementation. Presentations were made by Dr. Kogieleum Naidoo, Head of the HIV and Tuberculosis Treatment Program at the Centre for AIDS Program of… Read More
In this Antimicrobial (AMR) Community of Practice (CoP) webinar, we discuss our approach to establishing regional external quality assessment (EQA) providers and the achievements and lessons learnt from the implementation of a regional EQA programme for AMR. This AMR CoP and webinar are supported by the Fleming Fund’s EQA Grant for Africa (EQuAFRICA), together with… Read More
WHO has produced a biosafety video series entitled, “Good Microbiological Practice and Procedures (GMPP)”, which is central to the WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual (LBM4) being revised and finalised. These seven training videos will help enhance the safety of any health laboratory, including those in resource-limited settings.
The Stronger Together public-private partnership between Siemens Healthineers and PEPFAR is institutionalising quality improvement via a free e-platform, PEPconnect, through this library of 48 videos (with a total viewing time of 14.5 hours) that capture the lectures from the 9-day classroom-based Quality Control and Method Validation course. The course is designed to enable the participants… Read More
In collaboration with the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) and the LabCoP community, the CDC International Laboratory Branch (ILB) presented the first session in a series of ECHO sessions dedicated to waste management. In this session we reviewed waste management practices at the country level using the responses to the November 2018 LabCoP Waste… Read More
This document, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2017, highlights the key aspects of safe healthcare waste management in order to guide policymakers, practitioners and facility managers to improve such services in healthcare facilities. It is based on the comprehensive WHO handbook ‘Safe Management of Wastes from Health-Care Activities’ (WHO, 2014), and also… Read More