Ebola: Response, sequencing, vaccines and survivors

The European Mobile Laboratory, EMLab, was the first EBOV diagnostics unit deployed to the outbreak epicentre by WHO in March 2014.

World Malaria Day 2016: Significant Gains, Closing the Gaps

Laboratory systems and diagnostic technologies are a critical pillar in the fight against malaria. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends diagnostic testing for all people with suspected malaria before treatment is administered.

Integration of Tiered Networks within Public Health Institutes

In the last decade, Ethiopia has achieved numerous public health successes, among them early attainment of health-related Millennium Development Goals, a strong tuberculosis (TB) management programme, and progress toward eradication of Guinea worm disease.

Moving the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) Forward in Africa

An interview with US Ambassador and GHSA Champion Dr. Bonnie Jenkins

World Malaria Day Oxford 2016 - Collaborating to combat malaria

Join us in Oxford on the 25th of April to mark World Malaria Day 2016 at a series of talks and a panel discussion. The speakers will present their latest projects and help us to understand the unique and interconnected findings of their research.

How a National Sample and Results Transport Network is Improving Patient Care in Uganda

Uganda has shown particular success in its National Sample and Results Transport Network (NSRTN).

The High Stakes of Fighting Zika: the Virus Challenging Public Health Systems

Great article from our colleagues at the African Society for Laboratory Medicine about Zika virus.

Online Course: CDC's Basic Microbiology curriculum

Special issue on strengthening tuberculosis diagnostic networks in Africa

Call for Papers: Special issue on strengthening tuberculosis diagnostic networks in Africa - African Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Fostering Quality Laboratory Networks through Accreditation in Togo

From our colleagues at the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) - The Role of Public Health Institutes in Achieving Public Health Goals

ASLM: Ensuring High Quality Point-of-Care Testing

East African Leaders Join Together to Develop Country-Specific Plans for Point-of-Care Testing.

ASLM: Antimicrobial resistance, an International Priority

Two great articles from the African Society for Laboratory Medicine looking at the increasing risk posed by antimicrobial resistance.

ASLM: Reconstructing Laboratory Systems: How to Rebuild in Ebola-Affected Countries

ASLM: Using a Score Card to Assess Lab Functionality

New articles from the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM).

Improving Clinical Research Data: The Understanding and Implementation of Laboratory Quality Management System (LQMS)

Development of Leishmania vaccines in the era of visceral leishmaniasis elimination

Infectious diseases and Microbiology videos

Ferritin levels in the cerebrospinal fluid predict Alzheimer’s disease outcomes and are regulated by APOE

Pioneering New Diagnostics: Addressing Challenges and Implications for Point-of-Care Testing in African Settings

International Women's Day: Women in Science

Structural Biology videos

The SLMTA programme: Transforming the laboratory landscape in developing countries

WHO Laboratory guidelines

Epidemics and vaccines videos

"Harnessing the digital sharing revolution to improve research capacity in African laboratories”, Global Health Laboratories panel seminar at the ASLM2014

In this article you can access and download the really interesting and useful Power Point presentations from the Global Health Laboratories panel seminar with regional experts held at the ASLM2014 last November.

New PLOS collections on NTDs and Co-infections

Clinical Immunology Collection from PLOS and PLOS Pathogens Pearls

Is Your Ethics Committee Efficient? Using “IRB Metrics” as a Self-Assessment Tool for Continuous Improvement at the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand

How to Make More Published Research True

Rapid and Inexpensive Detection of MDR Mycobacterium tuberculosis using a Resazurin Microtitreplate Assay in a High Burden Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory

Proficiency Testing: Diagnosing Threats to Quality

Ebola PPE guidelines

Ebola PPE guidelines - urgent need to revise WHO and CDC guidelines. This video shows an excerpt from keynote address 'The fuss about face masks', Professor Raina MacIntyre from the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia.

The Clinical and Economic Impact of Point-of-Care CD4 Testing in Mozambique and Other Resource-Limited Settings: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

An Integrated Lab-on-Chip for Rapid Identification and Simultaneous Differentiation of Tropical Pathogens

Understanding the principles of Good Clinical Laboratory Practices (GCLP) - Training presentations

Diabetes as a complication of adipose tissue dysfunction. Is there a role for potential new biomarkers?

iPS cells: a game changer for future medicine

Harmonization of quality indicators in laboratory medicine

Unreliable commercial immunoassays can jeopardize translational research

Reference values

Accurate reference values are essential for the correct interpretation of laboratory tests and clinical decision-making. Reference values should be established by testing a large number of healthy individuals. The results are then averaged and a range (plus or minus 2 standard deviations of the mean) of ‘normal’ values are established. The reference range of a test may be affected by the age and sex of the patient, and the variation is higher in some tests than in others.  Because of this, reference values should be divided in groups according to age and gender, and ideally also according to ethnicity and geographical region.

Harmonization in Laboratory Medicine: the complete picture

Strengthening national health laboratories in sub-Saharan Africa: a decade of remarkable progress

Aeromonas Infections

The basic requirements for new sites wanting to take part in clinical research - What sites need to know!

Laboratory accreditation

Laboratory Challenges Conducting International Clinical Research in Resource-Limited Settings

Document templates

Microbiology Clinical Laboratory SOPs

IFCC Essentials of Clinical Laboratory Management in Developing Regions

Standard Operating Procedures

Clinical Research Laboratories for Trials in Global Health in Central Africa

The authors present the story of building a succesful research laboratory in Cameroon, including how they managed building up the infrastructure, equipment maintenance, staff training.

Diagnostics to Reduce the Global Burden of Disease

Clinical Trial Laboratories

Laboratory data is crucial in ensuring subject safety and determining the effectiveness of an investigational medicinal product. Here are some issues to consider for clinical trial laboratories in resource-poor settings.