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African Public Health Laboratory Network
IANPHI Annual Meeting, Rome (Oct 22-25, 2017)
Dr Amha Kebede
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ASLM Background
ASLM is a pan-African professional body launched in 2011
ASLM enjoys tremendous support from several organizations, including:
African Union
United States (US) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
Several African ministries of health and institutions
Other international partners
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3. ASLM Strategic Vision for Africa in 2020 - 4 Major Goals
Mission
Advance professional laboratory medicine practices, science and networks in Africa
Vision
Improve healthcare in Africa by strengthening laboratory services
Goal 1 – African Laboratory Workforce Development 
Certify 30,000 laboratory professionals /technicians 
Goal 2 –Laboratory Accreditation
Enroll 2,500 laboratories in the WHO SLIPTA and assist 250 laboratories to achieve accreditation
Goal 3 –African National and Regional Regulatory Environments
Raise regulatory standards in 25 countries and to enable harmonized regulation of diagnostics in the 5 economic regions of Africa
 Goal 4 - African Network of National Public Health Reference Laboratories
Develop national public health reference laboratories in 30 countries
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Niger
Chad
Sudan
Tunisia
Algeria
Mali
Libya
Egypt
Mauritania
Morocco
Western Sahara
Nigeria
Benin
Togo CI
Guinea
Senegal
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Gambia
Guinea Bissau
Ethiopia
Djibouti
Eritrea
Uganda
Somalia
Kenya
Cameroon
CAR
Congo
Equatorial Guinea
DRC
Tanzania
Zambia
Angola
Mozambique
Madagascar
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Namibia
Swaziland
Lesotho
South
Africa
Malawi
Burundi
Rwanda
ASLM has established a network of public health laboratories and institutes across Africa
The network currently covers 28 countries and is expanding
The network will be central to the AMR response
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Recommendations
Innovative approaches for sustainability of PHL (Clinical lab, training, research, PH activities)
Collaborate with IANPHI & ACDC to have a functional national PH laboratory system and network in member countries
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Thank you!
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