Addressing Cryptococcal Infection in Africa: Better Diagnostic Opportunities Yield Results Over the past decade, the global community has made significant progress in scaling-up HIV treatment and averting mortality in developing countries. Since 2005, there has been a 30% reduction in AIDS-related deaths worldwide. However, despite this progress, the 2012 UNAIDS Global Report suggests that 1.7… Read More
ASLM Co-Hosts Diagnostics Industry Forum On 28 March 2014, in Johannesburg, South Africa, ASLM co-hosted the first of a series of Industry Forums with the International Diagnostics Centre. The series intends to promote stronger, more collaborative relationships between the diagnostics industry and diagnostic policy makers. At the Forum, participants discussed and shared information on diagnostic… Read More
Cameroon Health Minister Mama Fouda: Leadership in Action The huge task of instituting a well-functioning healthcare system in Africa requires taking stock of challenges and putting solutions forward. This cannot be realised without committed leaders and a shared vision for success with other government offices. Many people following Africa’s health sector growth agree that one… Read More
MEDIA CONTACTS: Zenawit T. Melesse (UNAIDS Johannesburg) +27 89 909 2637, Email Corey White (ASLM) +251 11 557 1021, Email UNAIDS and ASLM Formalise Partnership to Improve Laboratories and Access to HIV Testing CAPE TOWN, South Africa, (8 December 2013) – The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the African Society for Laboratory Medicine… Read More
Increasing Laboratory Supply Chain Transparency, Kenya Takes Bold Steps For many years, health ministries and international aid organizations have worked to strictly regulate the quality and supply of medical drugs provided in low-income countries, understanding that substandard drugs pose threats not only to individual patients, but also on a societal level by cultivating drug-resistance…. Read More
Sénégal: Une Direction des Laboratoires pour Couronner le Travail du Réseau National de Laboratoires En 1998, sous l’égide de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé la mise en place de Réseaux Nationaux des Laboratoires (RNL) a été préconisée pour relever le plateau technique des laboratoires. Le RNL du Sénégal est né en 2000, puis a été… Read More
ASLM to Host Satellite Session at ICASA 2013 Cryptococcosis: Preventing a Deadly Fungal Disease The African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) would like to invite you to attend a satellite session on the importance of early detection for decreasing mortality associated with cryptococcal meningitis at ICASA 2013. Click here to read ASLM’s ICASA 2013 Satellite Session… Read More
WHO Releases 2013 Global Tuberculosis (TB) Report Cites Annual Drop in TB Deaths; Notes that Undiagnosed Cases and Drug Resistance Threaten Progress Click here to read the 2013 WHO Global Tuberculosis Report. Click here to read the 2013 WHO Global Tuberculosis Report Supplement – Countdown to 2015. ASLM remains committed to fighting drug resistance and… Read More
Pan African Harmonization Working Party (PAHWP) Addresses Regulation of Medical Devices and Diagnostics to Protect Public Health in Africa Visit the PAHWP web portal for resources and more information: http://www.pahwp.org/ Download the Guiding Principles for regulating medical devices, issued by the World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization (WHO PAHO) in cooperation with the United States Food… Read More
UNAIDS 2013 Global Report: New HIV infections cut by one-third since 2001 Click here to read the UNAIDS 2013 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic. Click here to read the WHO UNAIDS September 2013 Core Epidemiology Slides. Content from World Health Organization Medical Officer, Marco Antônio de Ávila Vitória: vitoriam@who.int The number of new HIV infections… Read More
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