Good Storage Practices
The Empower Group https://www.empowerschoolofhealth.org/
By the end of this course, you will have learnt about the following subjects: Good Storage Practices
Shock: Massive Transfusion
Vimal S Hariharan
This session is about the factors regarding massive blood transfusion in the surgical setting.
The Revised ISO 15189:2022 Standard Part 1 – Striving Towards Meeting User’s and Patient’s Needs
Dr Samba Diallo, Teferi Mekonen and Ms Melissa K. Meeks
This LabCoP ECHO session is the first in a four-part series dedicated to the revised ISO 15189:2022 version. In this session, we reintroduce key concepts of laboratory quality management systems (QMS) and cover some of the changes in the revised ISO 15189:2022, compared to the withdrawn ISO 15189:2012 version. In this session ho....
November Special ECHO Session Nov 2022: Local Manufacturing of Diagnostics in Africa
Prof Hassan Sefrioui and Prof Abdeladim Moumen
On 17 November 2022, ASLM convened this special ECHO session on critical enablers and barriers for local manufacturing of diagnostics among African member states. The continent is heavily reliant on imported diagnostics, and in times of crisis, the continent is at greater risk, as supply chains tend to satisfy local needs first.....
The Social Context of Food
Lisa Holmes
As healthcare practitioners we often feel we know what infants and young children should be eating, but the families we work with can experience barriers in putting this information into practice. In our day-to-day practice, we need to consider the social aspects of food and the effect that our environment has on our food choice....
Diagnosing HIV
Erasmus Smit, Elizabeth Dale, Hugh Adler, and Dr Anu Chawla
This session explains how HIV should be diagnosed, what samples should be taken, and how they should be stored and transported. It explains what diagnostic tests are available, how to interpret them, their sensitivity and specificity, and their potential advantages or disadvantages. The timescale between HIV exposure and tests b....
Interpreting Laboratory Tests
Jim Gray
This session explains what is meant by sensitivity and specificity of tests and how these translate into measures of positive predictive value and negative predictive value. The difference between diagnostic testing and screening for disease is discussed with appropriate examples.
The Evolving Role of Diagnostics in the COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Rosanna W. Peeling
On 9 September 2021, this COVID-19 ECHO session was convened to discuss the evolving role of diagnostics in the COVID-19 pandemic response. Testing, when used effectively, is one critical tool that supports control of any disease outbreak including the COVID-19 pandemic. Swift case identification and contact tracing inevitably p....
The Global Fund COVID-19 Response Mechanism
The African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM)
On 12 May 2021, this Extended ECHO session was convened to discuss the Global Fund COVID-19 funding mechanism, an opportunity for countries to request funds to strengthen their health systems in response while mitigating the effects of COVID-19 on other essential health services including HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. An i....
GLI Planning and Budgeting Tool & Stop TB Partnership GDF Catalogue
Dr Carl-Michael Nathanson and Brian Kaiser
The March 2023 LabCoP ECHO session organised by ASLM and the Global Laboratory Initiative (GLI) focused on the GLI Planning and Budgeting Tool for tuberculosis and drug resistant TB testing, and the Stop TB Partnership Global Drug Facility (GDF) diagnostics product catalogue. These planning and budgeting tools are semi-automated....
Integrating TB and HIV Testing on GeneXpert to Improve Access and Same-day Diagnosis
Powel Choonga and Trevor Machila
This LabCoP Diagnostic Network Optimisation (DNO) Sub-CoP ECHO session in co-convened with the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), focuses on providing an overview of the DNO analysis in Zambia for TB/HIV testing integration, including objectives, methodology and key findings. It further explores how findings from....
LabCoP M&E Sub-CoP ECHO Session May 2021
Yonatan Gossaye Dessalegn, Kalechristos Abebe and Geleta Abate Fulas
In May 2021 the ASLM LabCoP monitoring and evaluation (M&E) Sub-CoP held a session on data management, dashboards and connectivity solutions for HIV viral load (VL) and early infant diagnosis (EID). Presentations were made by Yonatan Gossaye Dessalegn, Senior Associate Software Developer on Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI....
Global Fund Priorities for DNO at Country Level
Patrick Royle and Nina Roguet
This LabCoP Diagnostic Network Optimisation (DNO) Sub-CoP ECHO session focuses on promoting data-driven investments for effective laboratory network optimisation. In this session, the Global Fund, provides an overview of the GF funding cycle, priorities for involvement of Lab Directorates in preparing funding request, funding fo....
Detection and Surveillance of Chemical Hazard
Lydia Izon
LabCoP’s Waste Management session, held on 6 July 2023, in collaboration with Africa CDC and the UK Health Security Agency, focused on detection and surveillance of chemical hazards. This is the second of two sessions dedicated to chemical waste management. Lydia Izon, the Principal Public Health Scientist with the Chemicals and....
LabCoP M&E Sub-CoP ECHO Session Late April 2021
Miriam Bukenya and Dr Zziwa Martinluther
On 22 April 2021 ASLM’s LabCoP M&E Sub-community of practice held a south-to-south learning session during which the Uganda country team shared their experience in rolling out monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems for viral load (VL) including virtual dashboards that allow for performance tracking at various administrative lev....
Outcome-Driven Lab Networks - Eswatini’s Experience Using Key Performance Indicators to Drive Laboratory Performance
Sindisiwe Dlamini
The June 2023 LabCoP ECHO session focused on using key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive laboratory network performance management. Just like any product or service industry, effective, efficient and reliable national laboratory network management relies on a deliberate and structured efforts to continuously look for critic....
African Experience on Expanding COVID-19 Testing
Renuka Gadde, Professor Wendy Stevens, Dr Leon Mutesa, and Dr Anthony Ahumibe
On 2 March 2021 this COVID-19 ECHO session was convened to discuss the African experience in expanding COVID-19 testing using Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Tests (Ag RDT). It has been over one year since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by WHO. There is still much concern that COVID-19 infections are increasing in some countries afte....
Critical Appraisal - Therapy RCT
Veronica Wilkie
0.5 Hours
This session looks at answering a question posed by a patient about a therapeutic intervention. The session includes a critical appraisal of a randomised control trial.This session was reviewed by Suchita Shah and last updated in February 2015.
Qualitative Research
Veronica Wilkie
0.5 Hours
This session introduces qualitative research and explains some of the more commonly used qualitative methodologies.You will also be asked to critically appraise a paper on qualitative research.
PEPFAR Country Operational Plan 2021
Dr George Alemnji
LabCoP’s January 2021 ECHO session covered PEPFAR’s Country Operational Plan 2021 and the laboratory systems strengthening priorities of the year. Dr George Alemnji, Senior Technical Advisor for PEPFAR Laboratory Services (OGAC), Washington DC, presented during the session.
Primary Care Management
Cassy Henderson
0.5 Hours
This session introduces the Clinical Management domain of the RCGP curriculum. It uses a patient scenario to highlight how the domain applies to problems as they present in primary care. This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and updated in November 2022.
Management of Hypo- or Hypertension
Rachel Vickers
This session will provide a structured approach to the management of a patient in the recovery room who has low (hypotension) or high (hypertension) blood pressure. It will cover these separately, with sections on definitions, causes and management.
The Cardiovascular System and Hypertension
Anita Banerjee, Amanda Hill and Bernadette Jenner
This session will cover cardiology and hypertensive disease in pregnancy including preconception care, pregnancy-related physiology and maternal health during pregnancy and postpartum.
Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
Andrew Lockwood and Hannah McDill
This session describes the role of physiotherapy in critical care and the importance and impact of rehabilitation in the critical care environment.
Understanding what your child should eat
Team of specialists
Medical Aid Films This film is about what to feed your child from the age of six to 24 months, to help them grow to be healthy and strong. This film is for use in community health education.