Key Takeaways from LabCoP’s ASLM2021 Satellite Session On the closing day of ASLM2021, LabCoP held a satellite session on the Role of Diagnostic Integration in Strengthening Laboratory Systems. Panellists comprised of donors, programme managers, and representatives from Abbott, Cepheid, Hologic, and Roche, who shared unique perspectives on the need to promote testing integration. The molecular… Read More
ASLM is leading an alliance of six partners serving as a host institution for the Fleming Fund Fellowship in Tanzania. The Fleming Fund Fellowship, supported by UK Aid, aims to mentor leaders of national antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance programmes of low- and middle-income countries, to improve laboratory diagnostic capacity and surveillance AMR and antimicrobial use/consumption… Read More
The African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) is excited to share the news that a total of 103 South African National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) facilities have achieved ISO 15189:2021 accreditation through the South African National Accreditation System (SANAS). It took more than 20 years to reach the 100th milestone, as seen in Figure 1…. Read More
Dans le cadre des projets d’appui de la Société africaine de médecine de laboratoire (ASLM) et des Centres africains de contrôle et de prévention des maladies (Africa CDC) à la riposte COVID-19 dans les Etats Membres de l’Union Africaine (UA), la sous-commission laboratoire du Comité de pilotage du plan de veille et de riposte contre… Read More
An article published by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the 28 May 2021 issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) documents an improvement in the number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) receiving antiretroviral treatment from 2013 to 2018 among eight sub-Saharan African countries. The data show… Read More
La Société Africaine de Laboratoire de Médecine (ASLM) après avoir doté neuf (9) laboratoires régionaux et de districts du Burundi des normes ISO15189:2012 et ISO15190:2020, vient d’organiser une formation sur le système de gestion de la qualité au laboratoire en collaboration avec le Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Lutte contre le SIDA… Read More
Dès les premiers instants de la préparation à la pandémie de COVID-19 en Afrique, l’OMS et Africa CDC, se sont mobilisées pour renforcer les capacités de détection des cas conformément à la Stratégie de riposte continentale commune contre la COVID-19 en Afrique, faisant passer en moins de 3 mois de 2 à plus de 45… Read More
The Africa Society for Laboratory Medicine is pleased to announce the publication of the article ‘Preparing national tiered laboratory systems and networks to advance diagnostics in Africa and meet the continent’s health agenda: Insights into priority areas for improvement’ in its scholarly journal, the African Journal of Laboratory Medicine. The article was developed and written… Read More
Since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency of international concern, ASLM has relentlessly worked to train our medical laboratory community, provide them with resources, and connect them to laboratories across Africa to help prepare them to fight the disease that has infected over 1 000 000 people in Africa… Read More
EQuAFRICA workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa from 10-11 February, 2020 While the fight against COVID-19 remains a top priority, the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) continues to move the agenda around strengthening antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance through its three Fleming Fund regional grants. ASLM and its partners work closely with national AMR coordinating committees… Read More
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