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
The HIV Laboratory Waste Cost Assessment Framework (WCAF)
The HIV Laboratory Waste Cost Assessment Framework (WCAF) is a tool to support laboratories with a standardised format for forecasting waste disposal costs for HIV viral load (VL)
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,
WHO Updated Recommendations on Service Delivery for the Treatment and Care of PLHIV
These guidelines, published by the World Health Organization, provide new and updated recommendations and good practice statements in the following areas: starting antiretroviral t
LabCoP M&E Sub-CoP ECHO Session Late April 2021
On 22 April 2021 ASLM’s LabCoP M&E Sub-community of practice held a south-to-south learning session during which the Uganda country team shared their experience in rolling ou