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ASLM2018 Scientific Programme
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The ASLM2018 scientific programme aims to serve as a platform for the international laboratory medicine community to share best practices, acquire knowledge, and debate innovative approaches for combatting global health threats together. Links open in a new tab.
| Time | Session Type | Room Location | |
| 08:00-17:00 | The SLIPTA and SLMTA Symposium | Congress Hall | |
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| Sponsors – African Society for Laboratory Medicine and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |||
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Niger/Enugu | |
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| Sponsor – Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention |
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| Time | Session Type | Room Location |
| 08:00-12:00 | Manuscript Writing Workshop | Benue/Plateau |
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| Sponsors – African Society for Laboratory Medicine, Public Health England, and the BMJ Group | ||
| 08:00-17:00 | The SLIPTA and SLMTA Symposium | Congress Hall |
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| Sponsors – African Society for Laboratory Medicine and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | ||
| The ASLM Laboratory Community of Practice (LabCoP) Symposium | Niger/Enugu | |
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| Sponsors – African Society for Laboratory Medicine and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | ||
| 17:30-19:00 | Laboratory Network Approach | Benue/Plateau |
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| Sponsor – The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management |
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| Time | Session Type | Room Location |
| 08:00-12:00 | Role of laboratory systems: lessons learnt and perspectives | Niger/Enugu |
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| Sponsor – Fondation Mérieux | ||
| Development of Sustainable Laboratory Equipment Management Programs, a Multi-Country Experience | Benue/Plateau | |
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| Sponsors – American International Health Alliance and the Association of Public Health Laboratories | ||
| 9:00-10:30 | Improving the Clinic-Laboratory Interface – A symposium looking at how to improve the Clinic-Lab-Interface (CLI) in both stable epidemics and explosive outbreaks | Osun |
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| Sponsor – SEAD Consulting | ||
| 9:00-12:00 | WHO workshop on Prequalification of In Vitro Diagnostics (IVDs) for national regulatory authorities (NRAs): assessment of stability studies for IVDs | Kano |
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| Sponsor – Fondation Mérieux | ||
| 14:00–16:00 | Opening Ceremony | Congress Hall |
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| Time | Session Type | Room Location |
| 7:00-8:30 | Waste Management Strategies for HIV Viral Load and Early Infant Diagnosis | Niger/Enugu |
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| Sponsor – US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | ||
| 7: 30 – 9:00 | Introduction to WHO’s essential list of in vitro diagnostics (EDL) | Benue/Plateau |
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| Sponsor – WHO | ||
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Oral Poster 1 | TBD |
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| 13:30 – 15:00 | Special Session 1 | Congress Hall |
| UHC and Health Systems Strengthening | ||
| 14:30-16:00 | Implementing multi-disease testing at the near point of care | Kano |
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| Sponsors – African Society for Laboratory Medicine, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, UNICEF & Unitaid | ||
| Symposium 1 | Niger/Enugu | |
| Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance in Africa | ||
| Symposium 2 | Benue/Plateau | |
| Outbreaks in Africa and Response | ||
| 12:30-14:00 | Strengthening Cross-Border Diseases Surveillance through Cross-Border Zoning | Benue/Plateau |
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| Sponsors – East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community | ||
| Multiplex Molecular Syndromic testing: Transforming early detection of outbreaks in Africa | Kogi | |
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| Sponsor – bioMérieux | ||
| Redefine the reach of reliable testing…with cobas® Plasma Separation Card | Kano | |
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| Sponsor – Roche | ||
| Abbott (AMD) | Niger/Enugu | |
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| Sponsor – Abbott | ||
| The role of the laboratory in preventing and controlling viral epidemics and viral pandemics | FCT | |
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| Sponsor – Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics and Unitaid | ||
| 17:00 – 18:30 | Round Table 1 | Congress Hall |
| Leveraging and Sustaining Networks for Disease Response in Africa | ||
| Round Table 2 | Benue/Plateau | |
| Disease Intelligence: Informing the Response | ||
| Round Table 3 | Kano | |
| Invisible Threat: NCD Perspective | ||
| 17:00-20:00 | Geospatial Digital Tools: Best Practices and Opportunities to Improve Quality and Coverage of Key Laboratory Services | FCT |
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| Sponsors – African Society for Laboratory Medicine and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | ||
| 19:30-21:00 | New Decentralized Molecular Hep C Molecular Diagnosis & The Role of CD4 In The Management of HIV/AIDS Patients In The Current Dispensation | Kogi |
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| Sponsor – Sysmex | ||
| WHO’s Model List of Essential In Vitro Diagnostics (EDL) | Niger/Enugu | |
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| Sponsor – World Health Organization | ||
| Assuring the quality of in vitro diagnostics (IVDs): WHO Prequalification of IVDs (PQDx) and the collaborative procedure for IVDs | Benue/Plateau | |
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| Sponsor – World Health Organization |
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| Time | Session Type | Room Location |
| 7:00-8:30 | Biosafety in Africa: What is the International Laboratory Branch (ILB) Working On? | Niger/Enugu |
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| Sponsor – US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | ||
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Plenary 2 | Congress Hall |
| Laboratory Response | ||
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Oral Session 2 | TBD |
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| 12:30 – 13:30 | Oral Poster 2 | TBD |
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| Poster 2 | TBD | |
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| 12:30-14:00 | Strengthening Sustainable Biorisk Management in Africa | FCT |
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| Sponsors – International Federation of Biosafety Associations and Global Affairs Canada | ||
| Multiplex Molecular Syndromic testing: Transforming early detection of outbreaks in Africa | Kogi | |
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| Sponsor – bioMérieux | ||
| Innovative Models of HealthCare Delivery Panel discussion | Kano | |
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| Sponsor-Roche | ||
| MOLECULAR FOR EVERYONE – Increasing access to actionable EID and viral load results while the patient is still there | Niger/Enugu | |
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| Sponsor – Abbott | ||
| THE PANTHER SYSTEM: Real Solutions for the Scale Up of HIV Viral Load Monitoring in Resource-Limited Settings | Benue/Plateau | |
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| Sponsor – HOLOGIC | ||
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Special Session 2 | Congress Hall |
| Innovations: -iLEADs, -Find | ||
| 14:30 – 16:00 | Symposium 3 | Niger/Enugu |
| Quality Management System: Owning the Response | ||
| Symposium 4 | Benue/Plateau | |
| Bio-safety/Bio-security: Reducing the threats | ||
| 17:00 – 18:30 | Roundtable 4 | Congress Hall |
| Biological Specimen Repository for Outbreak Response: Biobanking Networks | ||
| Round Table 5 | Benue/Plateau | |
| Role of National Public Health Institutes in Pandemic Response | ||
| Round Table 6 | Kano | |
| Africa Regional Laboratory Networks: Perspective on Emerging Disease Threats | ||
| 19:30-21:00 | Laboratory Network Approach | FCT |
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| Sponsor – The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management | ||
| Beckman Coulter (ADC) | Niger/Enugu | |
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| Sponsor – Beckman Coulter |
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| Time | Session Type | Room Location |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Plenary 3 | Congress Hall |
| Synergizing Partnerships | ||
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Oral Session 3 | TBD |
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| 12:30 – 13:30 | Oral Poster 3 | TBD |
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| Poster 3 | TBD | |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Symposium 5 | Niger/Enugu |
| Laboratory Systems and Networks for One Health | ||
| Symposium 6 | Benue/Plateau | |
| International Partnerships for UHC and Preparedness | ||
| Symposium 7 | Kogi | |
| Partnering with the Private Sector: New Frontiers | ||
| 15:30 -18:30 | Closing Session | Congress Hall |
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