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ASLM Celebrates World Antibiotic Awareness Week and Spotlights AMR at ASLM2018

By: Dr Rosanna Peeling, Professor and Chair of Diagnostic Research, Director of the International Diagnostics Centre (IDC), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine November 12 is the start of World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2018, a World Health Organization (WHO) campaign to increase global awareness of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) http://www.who.int/who-campaigns/world-antibiotic-awareness-week.  The Global Action Plan to [...]

By | November 10th, 2018|Leadership|Comments Off on ASLM Celebrates World Antibiotic Awareness Week and Spotlights AMR at ASLM2018

Improving Africa’s Health Systems To Combat Diseases

By: Prof Souleymane Mboup, Director, Institut de Recherche en Santé, de Surveillance Epidémiologique et de Formations (IRESSEF), Senegal. @iressef Africa’s weakening health systems are in jeopardy. Given the number of recent disease outbreaks like Ebola and Listeriosis, there is a dire need for review and action to strengthen our health systems and ensure that public [...]

By | May 25th, 2018|Leadership|Comments Off on Improving Africa’s Health Systems To Combat Diseases

ASLM2018 Conference Chair: Prof Alash’le Abimiku

Professor Alash’le Abimiku, is a co-founder and the Executive Director of the International Research Centre of Excellence (IRCE) at the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN), and a Professor at the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore. She has over two decades of establishing laboratory infrastructure and science [...]

By | February 9th, 2018|Bio, Leadership, Speakers|Comments Off on ASLM2018 Conference Chair: Prof Alash’le Abimiku

ASLM2018 Conference Chair: Prof Souleymane Mboup

Professor Souleymane Mboup (PharmD, PhD) studied at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar and the University of Tours in France. As a former student at the Senegalese Military Health Training Academy, he also holds the title of Colonel in the Senegalese armed forces. His career spans more than 35 years and has been dedicated to [...]

By | January 31st, 2018|Bio, Leadership, Speakers|Comments Off on ASLM2018 Conference Chair: Prof Souleymane Mboup

ASLM2018 Scientific Chair: Dr Pascale Ondoa

Dr Pascale Ondoa is a virologist currently serving as the Director of Science and New initiatives at the African Society of Laboratory Medicine (ASLM). Dr Ondoa obtained her medical degree from the University of Yaoundé, Cameroon in 1992 and briefly worked as a medical doctor at the Centre Jamot, the tuberculosis reference hospital of Yaoundé. [...]

By | February 9th, 2018|Bio, Leadership, Speakers|Comments Off on ASLM2018 Scientific Chair: Dr Pascale Ondoa

ASLM2018 Scientific Chair: Dr John Nkengasong

Dr John Nkengasong is the Director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Until recently, he served as the deputy principal director (acting) at the Center for Global Health, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC). He received a Masters degree in Tropical Biomedical Science [...]

By | January 30th, 2018|Bio, Leadership, Speakers|Comments Off on ASLM2018 Scientific Chair: Dr John Nkengasong