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1. Medical Laboratories in Healthcare Delivery: A Systematic Review of Their Roles and Impact
Adebola Adekoya, Mercy A. Okezue, Kavitha Menon
Laboratories  vol: 2  issue: 1  first page: 8  year: 2025  
doi: 10.3390/laboratories2010008

2. United States foreign aid freeze: An urgent call to action for support for African national laboratory programmes
Farouk Umaru
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine  vol: 14  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v14i1.2794

3. Application of diagnostic network optimization [DNOs] to tackle antimicrobial resistance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Stephen Olaide Aremu, Mariam Loliya Oruye, Egya Idris Adamu, Nankwop Markus Vuetkung, Duku Aondohemba Jonathan, Alpha Gimba Janjaro, Gaius Matthew, Elizabeth Oluwatoyin Adepoju, Pam Jerry Jiji, Phillip Luka Gimba, Godfrey Kwarakwasa, Bitrus Jatau Gonoyah, Donald Ibe Ofili, Oluwanifemi Rhoda Abiola, Akyala Ishaku Adamu
Discover Public Health  vol: 22  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1186/s12982-025-00689-1

4. Capacities in Laboratory-Based Epidemiological Surveillance in Cameroon’s Littoral Region: A Cross-Sectional Study
Ketina Hirma Tchio-Nighie, Augustin Murhabazi Bashombwa, Etienne Guenou, Jerome Ateudjieu
Risk Management and Healthcare Policy  vol: Volume 18  first page: 3089  year: 2025  
doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S546587

5. Reported prevalence and comparison of diagnostic approaches for Candida africana: a systematic review with meta-analysis
Bwambale Jonani, Emmanuel Charles Kasule, Herman Roman Bwire, Gerald Mboowa
Diagnostic and Prognostic Research  vol: 8  issue: 1  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1186/s41512-024-00180-6

6. Examining 7 years of implementing quality management systems in medical laboratories in sub‐Saharan Africa
Collins O. Odhiambo, Beatrice van der Puije, Michael Maina, Teferi Mekonen, Samba Diallo, Tjeerd Datema, Marguerite M. Loembe, Yenew Kebede, Nqobile Ndlovu, Pascale Ondoa
Tropical Medicine & International Health  vol: 28  issue: 2  first page: 126  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1111/tmi.13839

7. Task sharing for point-of-care testing: Review of national health policies and implementation landscape in 19 African countries
Zibusiso Ndlovu, Mariamo Ibraimo Assane, Francis Ocen, Ki-zerbo Charles Lamou, Musonda Mandona, Fingani Mphande-Nyasulu, Emmanuel Kabwe, Noah Takah Fongwen, Halifa Mbae Said, Omolara Emmanuel, Emeka Elom, Sandra Chipuka, Susan Nabadda, Joseph Bitilinyu-Bangoh, Grace Lesuk, Nancy Bowen, Diomandé Adama, Koleka Mlisana, Jaya A. George, Daniel Melese, Gonfa Ayana, Rollin Ndombe, Cheryl Case Johnson, Anne Bekelynck, Pascale Ondoa, Marguerite Massinga Loembé, Tom Ellman, Nqobile Ndlovu, Geoffrey Fatti, Collins Otieno Odhiambo, Kamala Thriemer
PLOS Global Public Health  vol: 5  issue: 12  first page: e0005485  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005485

8. Providing specimen transport through an online marketplace in the Northern region of Ghana
Abass Abdul-Karim, David Opare, Ulysses Balis, Lee F. Schroeder
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine  vol: 12  issue: 1  year: 2023  
doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v12i1.2062

9. Bringing lab to the field: Exploring innovations in point-of-care diagnostics for the rapid detection and management of tropical diseases in resource-limited settings
Abdullahi Tunde Aborode, Ridwan Olamilekan Adesola, Godfred Yawson Scott, Emele Arthur-Hayford, Oche Joseph Otorkpa, Somuah Daniel Kwaku, Emmanuel Ebuka Elebesunu, Eghaghe Osadebamwen Nibokun, Ibude Jane Aruorivwooghene, Adetolase A. Bakre, Oluwaseun Adeolu Ogundijo, Olamilekan Gabriel Banwo, Oluwatobiloba Ige, Ibrahim O. Adelakun, Isreal Ayobami Onifade, Segun E. Ogungbemi, Boluwatife T. Dosunmu, Oluwaseunayo Deborah Ayando, Nike Idowu, Grace A. Adegoye, Olusegun Oluwaseun Jimoh
Advances in Biomarker Sciences and Technology  vol: 7  first page: 28  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1016/j.abst.2025.01.001

10. Strengthening Laboratory Capabilities in Improving HIV/AIDS and Other Diseases Support in Zimbabwe
Crossman Mayavo
GHMJ (Global Health Management Journal)  vol: 8  issue: 2  first page: 245  year: 2025  
doi: 10.35898/ghmj-82992

11. Microbiology laboratories involved in disease and antimicrobial resistance surveillance: Strengths and challenges of the central African states
Passoret Vounba, Severin Loul, Ludovic F. Tamadea, Joël F.D. Siawaya
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine  vol: 11  issue: 1  year: 2022  
doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v11i1.1570

12. Connected diagnostics systems: The future of disease control in Africa
Noah Fongwen, Debi Boeras, Rosanna W. Peeling, Timothy Amukele
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine  vol: 9  issue: 2  year: 2020  
doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v9i2.1365

13. The time to address diagnostic needs in universal health coverage is now: Leveraging the scale up of national testing capacity for HIV viral load and SARS-CoV-2
Francesco Marinucci, Jens Dhein
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine  vol: 11  issue: 1  year: 2022  
doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v11i1.1685

14. Rapidly progressive dementia: limitations in Africa
William Patrick Howlett
Practical Neurology  vol: 22  issue: 5  first page: 342  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1136/practneurol-2022-003385

15. Global health development aid initiatives and the quality of medical laboratory services in sub-Saharan Africa: a narrative review
Hazel Musuka, Oscar Mano, Patrick Gad Iradukunda, Gashema Pierre, Ferris Tatenda Munyonho, Enos Moyo, Tafadzwa Dzinamarira
Global Health Journal  vol: 9  issue: 2  first page: 104  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1016/j.glohj.2025.06.006

16. Assessing the impact of regional laboratory networks in East and West Africa on national health security capacities
Avery League, Donewell Bangure, Mark J. Meyer, Stephanie J. Salyer, Dorcas Wanjohi, Yenew Kebede Tebeje, Erin M. Sorrell, Claire J. Standley, Suman Majumdar
PLOS Global Public Health  vol: 3  issue: 5  first page: e0001962  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001962

17. Bringing Data Analytics to the Design of Optimized Diagnostic Networks in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Process, Terms and Definitions
Kameko Nichols, Sarah J. Girdwood, Andrew Inglis, Pascale Ondoa, Karla Therese L. Sy, Mariet Benade, Aloysius Bingi Tusiime, Kekeletso Kao, Sergio Carmona, Heidi Albert, Brooke E. Nichols
Diagnostics  vol: 11  issue: 1  first page: 22  year: 2020  
doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11010022

18. The Lancet Commission on diagnostics: transforming access to diagnostics
Kenneth A Fleming, Susan Horton, Michael L Wilson, Rifat Atun, Kristen DeStigter, John Flanigan, Shahin Sayed, Pierrick Adam, Bertha Aguilar, Savvas Andronikou, Catharina Boehme, William Cherniak, Annie NY Cheung, Bernice Dahn, Lluis Donoso-Bach, Tania Douglas, Patricia Garcia, Sarwat Hussain, Hari S Iyer, Mikashmi Kohli, Alain B Labrique, Lai-Meng Looi, John G Meara, John Nkengasong, Madhukar Pai, Kara-Lee Pool, Kaushik Ramaiya, Lee Schroeder, Devanshi Shah, Richard Sullivan, Bien-Soo Tan, Kamini Walia
The Lancet  vol: 398  issue: 10315  first page: 1997  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00673-5

19. Disease X: Unraveling a mysterious outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Manali Verma, Amogh Verma, Rahul Singla, Siddharth Sharma, Vinay Suresh, Hajira Karim, Samriddhi Srivastava, Hrithik Dakssesh Putta Nagarajan, Shubham Kumar, Rachana Mehta, Ranjana Sah, Chelsea Rachael Tafawa
Clinical Infection in Practice  vol: 25  first page: 100409  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1016/j.clinpr.2025.100409

20. Addressing Global Disparities in Breast Cancer by Transforming Surgical Pathology in Ethiopia: Early Implementation of Immunohistochemistry
Lesley Taylor, Rebecca A. Nelson, Teketel Tadesse Geremew, Meron Gebrekirstos Teklehaimanot, Daniel Schmolze, Alemwosen Teklhaymanot Alem
JCO Global Oncology  issue: 11  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1200/GO-25-00178