LabCoP M&E ECHO Session 4 Feb 2021: Launch of the M&E Sub-Community of Practice
On 5 February 2021, ASLM’s LabCoP hosted the first ECHO session of the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) sub-community of practice. M&E assesses the performance of projects
Dec 2020 LabCoP Extended ECHO Session: Launch of the Score-TB Package
In December LabCoP conducted the inaugural session of the new LabCoP Extended series to introduce the Score-TB package, an integrated set of assessment tools for supporting the imp
Quality Assurance Framework for SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Testing for Diagnosis of COVID-19
ASLM in collaboration with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, and in partnership with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Amref and Last Mile Health present t
COVID-19 ECHO Session #11: Procurement and Supply Chain for COVID-19 Diagnostics
On 20 May 2020, this COVID-19 ECHO session was convened to discuss procurement and the supply chain for COVID-19 diagnostics. Dr Lara Vojnov, Diagnostics Advisor at the World Healt
COVID-19 ECHO Session #10: Best Practices Implementing a Structured Quality Assured Testing Program
On 14 May 2020, this COVID-19 ECHO session was convened to assist the African laboratory community in designing and implementing an effective COVID-19 quality assured testing progr
Multiplexing Analysis Tool
Mozambique provided this Excel-based tool, with its accompanying instructions, as a country example of a comprehensive diagnostic network optimisation or mapping tool at the July 2
GeneXpert Integration Cost Savings Tool
Developed by the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) for its country teams and ministries of health, this tool can be used to assess the financial benefits of integrating tuber
Tool for Viral Load and Early Infant Diagnosis Molecular Waste Management Considerations V2.0 September 2019
The purpose of this tool is to assist in identifying gaps and creating awareness of best practices for waste management processes in viral load (VL) and early infant diagnosis (EID
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
HIV Viral Load Testing Cascade Self-Assessment Scorecard
This HIV viral load (VL) testing cascade self-assessment scorecard and user guide is used by the LabCoP country teams to identify critical gaps in their laboratory systems and asse