Operational Guidance for Implementing Multiplatform TB Molecular Diagnostics: Country Experiences and Best Practices
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health challenge. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends three classes of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) for initial TB d
March 12 2026 LabCoP Extended ECHO Session: The External Quality Assurance Dashboard of the Global Laboratory Initiative
Thursday, 12 March 2026 Ensuring quality of TB testing is a central pillar of the End TB Strategy. However, the roll-out of external quality assurance programs (EQA) frequently lag
February 19 2026 LabCoP Extended ECHO Session: The launch of second version of the Waste Cost Assessment Framework (WCAF) tool
Thursday, 19 Feb 2026 Effective waste management involves safe procedures for minimizing, segregating, collecting, storing, transporting, treating, and disposing waste. All waste p
Guidance for Domestication of the Fleming Fund Qualifying the Workforce for AMR Surveillance in Africa and Asia (QWArS) Professional Qualification Framework
This document guides countries on how to adopt and adapt the Fleming Fund Qualifying the Workforce for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (QWArS) qualification framework. It set
May 2025 LabCoP Extended Echo Session. Closing the gap in drug-resistant TB diagnosis: the critical role of sequencing
The emergence of drug-resistant TB remains a global health threat, with only one-third of individuals estimated to have multi-drug (MDR) or rifampicin-resistant (RR) TB diagnosed a
WHO Standard: Universal Access to Rapid Tuberculosis Diagnostics
Finding and diagnosing tuberculosis (TB), continues to be the most challenging aspect of the TB cascade of care. Each year, an estimated three million people with TB go undiagnosed
LabCoP Cookbook Recipe #9: Electronic Return and Notification of Test Results
Timely access to the results from diagnostic testing is critical for the effective management of recipients of care. Healthcare workers need access to results to make decisions suc
LabCoP Cookbook Recipe #8: Expanding Access to World Health Organization-Recommended Rapid Molecular Diagnostic Tools For Tuberculosis – Truenat as a Case Scenario
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health challenge and a leading cause of death by an infectious disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) has set targets to reduce
Costing Model for Viral Load and CD4 Testing Transition
In 2015, under ASLM’s leadership, some Diagnostic Access Initiatives (DAI) partners including, SCMS, CHAI, MSF, and USAID jointly developed a comprehensive viral load (VL) costin
The Assay Verification Tool
The Assay Verification Tool is designed to help laboratories implement new tests, making it easier to design, setup, and analyse data generated as part of a new test procedure veri