Opinion Paper
Preparing national tiered laboratory systems and networks to advance diagnostics in Africa and meet the continent’s health agenda: Insights into priority areas for improvement
Submitted: 20 September 2019 | Published: 21 September 2020
About the author(s)
Pascale Ondoa, African Society for Laboratory Medicine, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; and, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Academic Medical Centre, Department of Global Health, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsNqobile Ndlovu, African Society for Laboratory Medicine, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Mah-Sere Keita, African Society for Laboratory Medicine, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Marguerite Massinga-Loembe, Africa Centres for Disease, Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Yenew Kebede, Africa Centres for Disease, Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Collins Odhiambo, African Society for Laboratory Medicine, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Teferi Mekonen, African Society for Laboratory Medicine, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Aytenew Ashenafi, Africa Centres for Disease, Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Amha Kebede, African Society for Laboratory Medicine, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
John Nkengasong, Africa Centres for Disease, Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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