Key to this mandate is training and capacity building of agile workforce both within ASLM and laboratory professionals across Africa in the areas of implementation science and operational research. Science Office seeks to forge strategic partnerships with governmental bodies, development partners , research and laboratory institutions to advance innovative solutions in delivery of laboratory services and diagnostic products. ASLM promotes dissemination and access to cutting -edge science through their open source journal, the African Journal of Laboratory Medicine that publishes articles in all areas that contribute to and advance the laboratory medicine practices of Africa.