Report of the High-level Meeting on Diagnostic Integration and Laboratory Systems Strengthening
Report 27 – 28 April 2023 Nairobi, Kenya In April 2023, ASLM’s Laboratory Directors Forum convened a high-level meeting on diagnostic integration and laboratory systems str
The Role of HIV Viral Suppression in Improving Individual Health and Reducing Transmission: WHO Policy Brief
This World Health Organization policy brief explains the rationale behind the thresholds of HIV viral load suppression and provides additional information regarding implementation
LabCoP Cookbook Recipe #7: Management of Guanidinium Thiocyanate Containing Waste From Testing Laboratories
Safe disposal of laboratory waste is a critical component of good laboratory practice. Molecular diagnostic test services, including HIV viral load (VL) and coronavirus disease 201
The WHO Standard: Universal Access to Rapid Tuberculosis Diagnostics
This WHO publication sets benchmarks to achieve universal access to WHO-recommended rapid diagnostics (WRDs), increase bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis and drug resistance
Policy Brief and Infographics on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Africa
This policy brief summarises the results of the Mapping Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use Partnership (MAAP) project, and the analysis and interpretation of antimicrob
WHO Guidance to Support HIV Care Models During the COVID-19 Era
In September 2021 the World Health Organization released updated guidance on maintaining essential health services during COVID-19, which provides direction on modifications and sp
LabCoP Cookbook Recipe #6: How to Maintain HIV and Tuberculosis Testing Services During Health Emergencies
Essential diagnostic tests satisfy priority healthcare needs of a population and are selected based on disease prevalence, public health relevance, evidence of utility and comparat
Diagnostic Pricing Database
Low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) currently experience low testing coverage in the face of increasing demand to meet the needs of millions of people living with HIV, TB, HPV,
LabCoP Cookbook Recipe 5: Quality Management System Considerations and Guidance for COVID-19 Molecular Testing Laboratories
Laboratory diagnosis is an essential element of communicable disease surveillance, both for routine confirmation of infections and for the rapid identification of the cause of outb
Assessment of N95 Respirator Decontamination and Re-use for SARS-CoV-2
In this study, Robert Fischer, et al, present their assessment findings on N95 respirator decontamination and re-use for SARS-CoV-2 (24 April 2020), using four different decontamin