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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. Mapping the ‘prevalence’ and frugal characteristics of healthcare innovations in South Africa
Kgaile Benjamin Mogoye, Yasser Bhatti, Colin Menezes, Prudence Ditlopo
BMJ Innovations  first page: bmjinnov-2025-001485  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1136/bmjinnov-2025-001485

3. 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

4. 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

5. Reaching the 100 by 2027 target for universal access to rapid molecular diagnostic tests for tuberculosis in Africa: In-sight but out of reach
Lucy Mupfumi, Tapson Nyondo, Judith Mzyece, Vincent Kampira, Moussa Condé, Muriel L. Aloni, H.R. Arsène Manga, Joselyne Ndayihimbaze, Charles Lamou Ki-zerbo, Jean Njab, Caroline Bih, Mariamo Ibraimo Assane, Elishebah Mutegi, Michael Maina, Francis Ocen, Silver Mashate, Collins Otieno Odhiambo, Graeme Hoddinott
PLOS Global Public Health  vol: 6  issue: 1  first page: e0005176  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005176

6. The future of diagnostics in Africa
Yenew Kebede, Nqobile Ndlovu, Susan Nabadda, Charles Sawadogo, Damian Fuller, Madhukar Pai, Aytenew Ashenafi, Lara Vojnov, Rigveda Kadam, Ashley Kallarakal, Ilesh Jani, Angela Mushavi, Fatim Jallow, Sheick Oumar Coulibaly, Solange Baptiste, Peter Ehrenkrantz, Chase Mertz, Gagandeep Kang, Smiljka De Lussigny, Anisa Ghadrshenas, Kenneth Fleming, Kekeletso Kao, Jason Williams, Wayne Van Germet, Brian Kaiser, Renuka Gadde, William Rodriguez, Noah Fongwen, Anafi Mataka, Silver Mashate, Juliet Bryant, Pascale Ondoa, Osborne Otieno, Obert Kachuwaire, Lucy Maryogo-Robinson, Sherrie Staley, Neha Agarwal, Shiri Brodsky, Abha Patil, Miraf Mesfin, Ravi Anupindi, Sidharth Rupani, Mpaphi Mbulawa, Heidi Albert, Mikashmi Kohli, Nitika Pai, Marguerite Loembe, Alaine Nyaruhirira, Boghuma Titanji, Nahid Bhadelia, Daniel Desalegn, Derrick Mimbe, Edwin Ochieng, Mary Mataranyika, Leon Biscornet, Namwaka Mulenga, Yucheng Tsai, Robia Islam, Fona Williams, Julie Ndasi, Francine Ntoumi, Mohammed Lamorde, Adolfo Vubil, Thebora Sultane, Arnab Pal, Sophie Magnet, Paolo Maggiore, Robert Luo, Shahin Sayed, Sadia Shakoor, Grace Umutesi, Gonzalo Domingo, Joseph Bitilinyu-Bangoh, Amadou Dieye, Collins Otieno, Ludovic Tamadea, Gad Murenzi, Jane Carter, Francis Ocen, Ana Capri, Lee Schroeder, Michael Wilson, Emily Gerth-Guyette, Davy Nsamba, Ignatius Awinibuno, Kingsley Odiabara, Tapiwanashe Kujinga, Fifa Rahman, Zee Ndlovu, Devan Dumas, Ndeye Sambe, Yashika Bansal, Zhi Zhen Qin, Lluis Donoso-Bach, Rina Estelle, Sindisiwe Dlamini, Celestina Obiekea, Konrad Bradley, Trevor Peter
Nature Medicine  vol: 32  issue: 5  first page: 1623  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1038/s41591-026-04308-7

7. 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

8. The Need for Competency-based Education in the Medical Laboratory Science Curriculum
Thirumurugan Pasupathy, Ananda Vayaravel Cassinadane
Journal of Multidisciplinary Health and Innovative Technology  vol: 1  issue: 1  first page: 2  year: 2025  
doi: 10.4103/JMHIT.JMHIT_3_25

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. Subtherapeutic exposure in doxorubicin pharmacokinetics among Ugandan breast cancer patients: a pilot study with implications for personalized therapy
Dave Darshit, Osinde Godfrey, Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire, Mukonzo Jackson, Ronald Kadada Karyaburo, Allan Buzibye, Denis Omali, Nixon Niyonzima, Sanjanaa Srikant, Dhara Dave
BMC Research Notes  vol: 19  issue: 1  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1186/s13104-026-07781-y

21. 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

22. 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

23. Integration of HIV, Hepatitis B, and C, and sexually transmitted infections services: A scoping review of the benefits and challenges
Parya Jangipour Afshar, Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi, Zahra Abdolahinia, AliAkbar Haghdoost, Jaason M. Geerts, Reza Goudarzi, Katayoun Tayeri, Babak Eshrati, Hamid Sharifi, Omar Sued
PLOS One  vol: 21  issue: 5  first page: e0348073  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0348073

24. Strategies for effective occurrence Management in Resource-Limited Clinical Laboratories: Challenges and practical solutions
Blessing Kenechi Myke-Mbata, Bruno Basil, Izuchukwu Nnachi Mba
Clinica Chimica Acta  vol: 592  first page: 121211  year: 2027  
doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2026.121211

25. 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

26. Optimizing hepatitis B diagnosis for mothers in a low-resource setting: A field pilot of Xpert point-of-care viral load testing in Ugandan antenatal clinics
Linda Kisaakye Nabitaka, Viola Kasone, Emmanuel Olal, Judith Kyokushaba, Philip Kasibante, Susan Nambozo, Aidarayaan Namakula, Susan Nabadda Ndidde, Ponsiano Ocama, Isaac Ssewanyana, Mustafa A Barbhuiya
PLOS Global Public Health  vol: 6  issue: 5  first page: e0006380  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0006380

27. 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

28. Liver disease diagnostics and access barriers in African settings: a narrative review
Habiblah Ayomide Jagunmolu, Emmanuel Oyedeji Oyetola, Yusuff Abiola Lawal, Stella Odunayo Akinsanya, Mukhtar Abimbola Ibrahim, Toluwanimi Oladele Idowu, Samuel Oyeponle Oyelude, Muminat Adeyemi Jubreel, Dhikrat Olamide Ajibade, Taofeek Oyetola Olaniyi, AbdulFatai Arikewuyo Sheriff
Journal of Clinical Pathology  vol: 79  issue: 8  first page: 513  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1136/jcp-2026-210662

29. 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