April 2022 LabCoP Extended ECHO Session: Addressing Diagnostic Gaps in the TB Care Cascade: MTB/XDR Assays and Considerations for Implementation
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/X
April 2022 LabCoP Extended ECHO Session: Role of Network Optimisation to Achieve 95-90-0 for MTB Disease Elimination
On 7 April, ASLM’s LabCoP convened an Extended ECHO session about the role of diagnostic network optimization to achieve 95-90-0 for mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) disease elim
COVID-19 ECHO SESSION #53: Unveiling the Global Fund Project Stellar: Strengthening COVID-19 Diagnostic and Laboratory Systems Investments in Africa through Partnerships
On 31 March 2022, ASLM’s LabCoP convened an ECHO session on supporting the implementation of diagnostics and laboratory systems investments for COVID-19 in the African region. Wi
AMR CoP ECHO Session April 2022: Strengthening the Quality of AMR Diagnostics
In this Antimicrobial (AMR) Community of Practice (CoP) webinar, we discuss our approach to establishing regional external quality assessment (EQA) providers and the achievements a
COVID-19 ECHO Session #52: Efforts to Increase Access to COVID-19 Ag RDT: Nigeria and South Africa Experiences
On 15 March 2022, ASLM’s LabCoP convened a session to review efforts to increase community access to COVID-19 antigen rapid diagnostic testing (Ag RDT) services, drawing experien
COVID-19 ECHO Session #51: External Quality Assessment for SARS-CoV-2 and Other Emerging Viruses
On 10 March 2022, ASLM’s LabCoP convened a session on external quality assessment (EQA) for SARS-CoV-2 and other emerging viruses. EQA is a vital tool that provides objective evi
Feb 2022 LabCoP ECHO Session: Introducing the HIV Laboratory Waste Cost Assessment Framework
LabCoP’s February ECHO session introduced the HIV Laboratory Waste Cost Assessment Framework (WCAF), an MS Excel-based tool co-developed by the US CDC and Roche Diagnostics, unde
COVID-19 ECHO Session #50: Genomic Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Africa
On 10 Feb 2022, ASLM held this ECHO session to cover genomic surveillance for SARS-COV-2 in Africa by Africa CDC’s Africa Pathogen Genomics Initiative (Africa PGI). This initiati
Jan 2022 LabCoP Extended ECHO Session: Tuberculosis Diagnostic Network Assessment-Tanzania Experience
On 27 Jan 2022, this extended ECHO session was convened to review the experiences from Tanzania’s first Tuberculosis Diagnostic Network Assessment. The aim of this assessment was
Late October 2021 LabCoP Extended ECHO Session: German Epidemic Preparedness Team Laboratory Strengthening for EQA
On 28 October 2021 this Extended ECHO session focused on neglected tropical disease laboratories, their potential to act as effective reference labs with effective implementation o