Combatting Ebola: Leadership and Infrastructure are Keys to Success Exchanging Ideas with Dr. Peter Piot, Ebola Co-Discoverer and ASLM2014 Conference Plenary Keynote Speaker In September 1976, at age 27, the young virologist Dr. Peter Piot was working in a laboratory in Antwerp, Belgium, when a sample arrived from Yambuku, Zaire (now called the Democratic Republic… Read More
Africa’s Future is in Our Hands: An Interview with NHLS CEO Sagie Pillay, Co-Chair of ASLM2014 Sagie Pillay of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), South Africa, recently spoke with us about his roles in NHLS and ASLM2014, the collaboration between NHLS and ASLM, and his hopes for the future of African laboratory medicine. Mr…. Read More
Leveraging Collaboration to Improve HIV Diagnostic Quality and Expand Testing in Africa From 23-25 June 2014, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, ASLM hosted the “Consultative Meeting on Improving Access and Increasing Quality of HIV Testing in Africa”, in collaboration with the Joint United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa… Read More
“Without the laboratory, quality healthcare cannot exist” An Interview with Senegal’s Prof. Souleymane Mboup Souleymane Mboup, PhD, is a world-renowned researcher, professor and key member of the ASLM team, serving as a member of the Board of Directors, as a Senior Editor for the African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, and as member of the ASLM2014… Read More
ASLM Joins GLI Core Group Global Laboratory Initiative for the African Region (GLI-AFR) launched ASLM is pleased to announce that CEO Dr. Tsehaynesh Messele was recently elected a member of the Core Group of the Global Laboratory Initiative (GLI) and presented at a GLI partners meeting. GLI is a working group of the Stop TB… Read More
In Cameroon, Improving HIV Diagnoses through a Volunteer Quality Corps Cameroon has an HIV prevalence rate of 4.3% in adults, [1] one of the highest in West and Central Africa, with an average of 34,754 new HIV infections annually. [2] Despite increasing access to antiretroviral drugs, Cameroon is not on track to meet the Millennium… Read More
ASLM Facilitates Workshops in Partnership with CLSI and NHLS From 23-27 June 2014, ASLM leaders co-facilitated two training workshops on mentorship and SLIPTA auditing. The trainings took place in Windhoek, Namibia and Johannesburg, South Africa, respectively. The Namibia-based workshop, which was jointly facilitated by Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI), focused on mentorship training designed… Read More
UNAIDS Sets Targets for HIV Treatment and Monitoring From 16-17 June 2014, in Geneva, Switzerland, UNAIDS hosted a consultative meeting, “Towards a Final Target for HIV Treatment: The Role of Laboratory Medicine,” in collaboration with ASLM and the World Health Organization (WHO). The meeting convened over 100 stakeholders to review the current status of HIV… Read More
There Is No Place Out Of Reach: Daktari Develops Quality Products Geared Toward Remote Settings Daktari Diagnostics is the Strategic Partner Sponsor for the ASLM2014 conference, and played an integral role in the original corporate sponsorship team for ASLM’s first international conference in 2012. A developer of diagnostic products that address the most pressing challenges… Read More
Ebola Response: ASLM Interview with Dr. Jean-Bosco Ndihokubwayo, WHO-AFRO Regional Focal Point On behalf of ASLM, Dr. Paula Fernandes interviews Dr. Jean-Bosco Ndihokubwayo, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Focal Point, WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO-AFRO), about his involvement in the WHO response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Original interview date: 10 June… Read More
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