COVID-19 ECHO Session #41: Africa CDC Trusted Travel Platform
On 8 April, 2021 this COVID-19 ECHO session was convened to discuss the Africa CDC Trusted Travel Platform and how to create a ‘Trusted Network’ of COVID-19 testing laboratorie
COVID-19 ECHO Session #40: Manufacturers of COVID-19 Diagnostic Products: Thermo Fisher Scientific
On 7 April, 2021, ASLM’s LabCoP hosted the 12th session in a series about manufacturers of COVID-19 molecular diagnostic tools, featuring Thermo Fischer Scientific. This sess
LabCoP M&E Sub-CoP ECHO Session Early April 2021
On 1 April 2021, ASLM`s LabCoP M&E Sub-CoP, in collaboration with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis (DGHT) convened
Mar 2021 LabCoP Extended ECHO Sesion: Leveraging LIMS for COVID-19 Pandemic: case study of Baobab
On 25 March 2021, this Extended ECHO session was convened to discuss the role of laboratory information management systems (LIMS) to collect, process, and store human biospecimens.
COVID-19 ECHO Session #39: Outcomes, Successes and Lessons
On 17 March, 2021 this COVID-19 ECHO session was convened to discuss outcomes, successes and lessons from implementing emergency SARS-CoV-2 external quality assessment proficiency
COVID-19 ECHO Session #38: Impact of Novel Variants on COVID-19 Diagnostics
On 5th March 2021, ASLM hosted a special COVID-19 session that looked at COVID-19 genomics surveillance and how mutations can affect diagnostics and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
COVID-19 ECHO Session #37: African Experience on Expanding COVID-19 Testing
On 2 March 2021 this COVID-19 ECHO session was convened to discuss the African experience in expanding COVID-19 testing using Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Tests (Ag RDT). It has been o
LabCoP M&E Session 18 Feb 2021: Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation for Viral Load
On 18 February 2021, the LabCoP M&E Sub-Community of Practice held its second session that unpacked the fundamentals of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and its importance i
February 2021 LabCoP Extended ECHO Session
On 11 February 2021, ASLM, in collaboration with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s International Laboratory Branch (CDC ILB) and partnership with Roche, hosted
COVID-19 ECHO Session #36: Genomic Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa
On 12 February 2021, this COVID-19 ECHO session was convened for Prof Tulio de Oliveira to discuss the work of the Network of Genomic Surveillance of South Africa (NGS-SA) and the