The last 10 years have been transformational for laboratory medicine in Africa thanks to increase in global health funding, especially from the world bank, PEPFAR, the Global fund–etc. Laboratory networks have been established, systems developed, and human competent work force developed –etc. In fact a recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) report has described laboratory health system strengthening as a “signature achievement” for PEPFAR and also concluded that the progress in strengthening laboratory medicine has also impacted other health systems.
The talk will expand on some of these aspects and address key challenges that remain. It will also demonstrate how laboratory systems build for HIV are being leveraged on to support other program areas such as global health security and TB.
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