LabCoP 2020 Annual Meeting Report
In November 2020 the LabCoP stakeholders met online to convene the 2020 Face-to-Face virtual meeting. LabCoP’s 4th Annual Meeting aimed to assess the progress of LabCoP countries
Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome (PIMS) and SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has published this Rapid Risk Assessment Report on the association of paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PI
WHO and ASLM Molecular Diagnostics Integration Global Meeting Report
In July of 2019, the World Health Organization and the African Society for Laboratory Medicine organized a meeting with countries and key stakeholders in diagnostics to discuss and
First African SARS-CoV-2 Genome Sequence from Nigerian COVID-19 Case
This report details the first full genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2 from Africa to be released, with genomic data generated and assembled, and phylogenetic analysis performed by ACEGI
Off-Label Use of Medicines for COVID-19
This report by WHO gives an overview on the use of licensed medicines for indications that have not been approved by regulatory authorities. It provides a scientific summary of key
LabCoP 2019 Annual Meeting Report
In October 2019 the LabCoP stakeholders met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to convene the 2019 Face-to-Face meeting. It was co-convened by ASLM and the World Health Organization to enabl
Latest Data and WHO HIV Policy Adoption and Implementation Status in Countries
This fact sheet gives the situation as of July 2019 of the status of HIV self-testing (HIVST) in national policies, implementation of Treat All ART recommendations among adults and
HIV Molecular Diagnostics Toolkit to Improve Access to Viral Load Testing and Infant Diagnosis
Currently, about half of patients on antiretroviral treatment have access to viral load testing; however, access remains focused within a small number of countries. To date, routin
The Missed Potential of CD4 and VL Testing
This insightful paper was published in Plos about the missed potential of CD4 and viral load testing to improve clinical outcomes for people living with HIV in lower-resource setti
March 2019 Waste Management Training Session
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 se