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1. Clinical Referral Laboratories in Rwanda
Vincent Rusanganwa, Jean Bosco Gahutu, Innocent Nzabahimana, Jean Marie Vianney Ngendakabaniga, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Magnus Evander
American Journal of Clinical Pathology  vol: 150  issue: 3  first page: 240  year: 2018  
doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqy047

2. Strengthening Laboratory Diagnostic Capacity to Support Cancer Care in Uganda
Nixon Niyonzima, Henry Wannume, Sylivestor Kadhumbula, Hassan Wasswa, Godfrey Osinde, Yusuf Mulumba, Tobias Tusabe, Samuel Kalungi, Jackson Orem
American Journal of Clinical Pathology  vol: 156  issue: 2  first page: 205  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaa218

3. Harmonization of four biomarkers across nine nationally representative studies of older persons
Peifeng Hu, Eileen M. Crimmins, Jung Ki Kim, Alan Potter, Jake Cofferen, Sharon Merkin, Heather McCreath, Teresa Seeman
American Journal of Human Biology  vol: 36  issue: 5  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1002/ajhb.24030

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. Sustainable clinical laboratory capacity for health in Africa
Justine Davies, Alash'le Abimiku, Moses Alobo, Zoë Mullan, Rachel Nugent, Miriam Schneidman, Welile Sikhondze, Philip Onyebujoh
The Lancet Global Health  vol: 5  issue: 3  first page: e248  year: 2017  
doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30024-4

6. Review of the Stepwise Laboratory Quality Improvement Process Towards Accreditation (SLIPTA) version 2:2015
Tjeerd A.M. Datema, Linda Oskam, Jacqueline E.W. Broerse, Paul R. Klatser
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine  vol: 9  issue: 1  year: 2020  
doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v9i1.1068

7. Diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Bharat S. Parekh, Chin-Yih Ou, Peter N. Fonjungo, Mireille B. Kalou, Erin Rottinghaus, Adrian Puren, Heather Alexander, Mackenzie Hurlston Cox, John N. Nkengasong
Clinical Microbiology Reviews  vol: 32  issue: 1  year: 2018  
doi: 10.1128/CMR.00064-18

8. Clinical Referral Laboratory Personnel’s Perception of Challenges and Strategies for Sustaining the Laboratory Quality Management System
Vincent Rusanganwa, Jean Bosco Gahutu, Magnus Evander, Anna-Karin Hurtig
American Journal of Clinical Pathology  vol: 152  issue: 6  first page: 725  year: 2019  
doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqz092

9. Laboratory diagnostics performance in Uganda: A survey of test availability and constraints
Noel Namuhani, Suzanne Namusoke Kiwanuka, Martha Akulume, Simeon Kalyesubula, William Bazeyo, Angela Nakanwagi Kisakye
Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health  year: 2024  
doi: 10.37432/jieph.2024.7.1.10

10. H3Africa partnerships to empower clinical research sites to generate high-quality biological samples
Talishiea Croxton, Ndidi Agala, Emmanuel Jonathan, Olasinbo Balogun, Petronilla J. Ozumba, Enzenwa Onyemata, Shefiya Lawal, Manmak Mamven, Samuel Ajayi, Sylvia E. Melikam, Mayowa Owolabi, Bruce Ovbiagele, Dwomoa Adu, Akinlolu Ojo, Christine M. Beiswanger, Alash’le Abimiku
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine  vol: 9  issue: 1  year: 2020  
doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v9i1.935

11. Access to pathology and laboratory medicine services: a crucial gap
Michael L Wilson, Kenneth A Fleming, Modupe A Kuti, Lai Meng Looi, Nestor Lago, Kun Ru
The Lancet  vol: 391  issue: 10133  first page: 1927  year: 2018  
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30458-6

12. A Feasible Laboratory-Strengthening Intervention Yielding a Sustainable Clinical Bacteriology Sector to Support Antimicrobial Stewardship in a Large Referral Hospital in Ethiopia
Cedric P. Yansouni, Daniel Seifu, Michael Libman, Tinsae Alemayehu, Solomon Gizaw, Øystein Haarklau Johansen, Workeabeba Abebe, Wondwossen Amogne, Makeda Semret
Frontiers in Public Health  vol: 8  year: 2020  
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00258

13. Implementation of quality management for clinical bacteriology in low-resource settings
B. Barbé, C.P. Yansouni, D. Affolabi, J. Jacobs
Clinical Microbiology and Infection  vol: 23  issue: 7  first page: 426  year: 2017  
doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.05.007

14. Survey-Defined and Interview-Elicited Challenges That Faced Ethiopian Government Hospital Laboratories as They Applied ISO 15189 Accreditation Standards in Resource-Constrained Settings in 2017
Mekonnen Girma, Adinew Desale, Fatuma Hassen, Abay Sisay, Aster Tsegaye
American Journal of Clinical Pathology  vol: 150  issue: 4  first page: 303  year: 2018  
doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqy049

15. Point-of-care and point-of-‘can’: leveraging reference-laboratory capacity for integrated diagnosis of fever syndromes in the tropics
M. Semret, M. Ndao, J. Jacobs, C.P. Yansouni
Clinical Microbiology and Infection  vol: 24  issue: 8  first page: 836  year: 2018  
doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.03.044

16. Assessment of hematology laboratory performance in the total testing process using quality indicators and sigma metrics in the northwest of Ethiopia: A cross‐sectional study
Dereje Mengesha Berta, Mekonnen Grima, Mulugeta Melku, Tiruneh Adane, Elias Chane, Bisrat Birke Teketelew, Aregawi Yalew
Health Science Reports  vol: 7  issue: 1  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1002/hsr2.1833

17. Evaluation of Laboratories Supporting Invasive Bacterial Vaccine-Preventable Disease (IB-VPD) Surveillance in the World Health Organization African Region, through the Performance of Coordinated External Quality Assessment
Inacio Mandomando, Jason M. Mwenda, Tomoka Nakamura, Linda de Gouveia, Anne von Gottberg, Brenda A. Kwambana-Adams, Martin Antonio, Augusto Messa, David Litt, Shila Seaton, Goitom Gebremedhin Weldegebriel, Joseph Nsiari-Muzeyi Biey, Fatima Serhan
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease  vol: 8  issue: 8  first page: 413  year: 2023  
doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8080413

18. Impact of mentoring on the implementation of the quality management system in clinical laboratories in Burkina Faso, West Africa
Dame Yenyetou, Issouf Sanou, Patrick Djim-Madjim Madingar, Cheick Ouattara, Emmanuel Zongo, Zeynab Zongo, Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo, Ibrahim Sangare
Accountability in Research  vol: 31  issue: 5  first page: 515  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1080/08989621.2022.2145957

19. Impact of ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory accreditation in sub-Saharan Africa: a case study
Mercy A. Okezue, Mojisola C. Adeyeye, Steve J. Byrn, Victor O. Abiola, Kari L. Clase
BMC Health Services Research  vol: 20  issue: 1  year: 2020  
doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05934-8

20. Practical recommendations for strengthening national and regional laboratory networks in Africa in the Global Health Security era
Michele Best, Jean Sakande
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine  vol: 5  issue: 3  year: 2016  
doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v5i3.471

21. Impact of pre-COVID-19 epidemic preparedness on the trajectory of the pandemic in African countries
Talkmore Maruta, Sikhulile Moyo
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine  vol: 11  issue: 1  year: 2022  
doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v11i1.1571

22. From benchmarking to best practices: Lessons from the laboratory quality improvement programme at the military teaching hospital in Cotonou, Benin
Alban Zohoun, Tatiana B. Agbodandé, Angélique Kpadé, Raliatou O. Goga, René Gainsi, Paul Balè, Bibata M. Sambo, Remi Charlebois, Rachel Crane, Michele Merkel, Ludovic Anani, Ekaterina Milgotina
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine  vol: 10  issue: 1  year: 2021  
doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v10i1.1057

23. 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

24. Narrative review: Continuous professional development training programmes in Africa and their limitations
Nqobile Ndlovu, Rajiv Erasmus, Annalise Zemlin
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine  year: 2025  
doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v14i1.2602

25. Laboratory medicine in Africa since 2008: then, now, and the future
John N Nkengasong, Francois-Xavier Mbopi-Keou, Rosanna W Peeling, Katy Yao, Clement E Zeh, Miriam Schneidman, Renuka Gadde, Alash'le Abimiku, Philip Onyebujoh, Deborah Birx, Shannon Hader
The Lancet Infectious Diseases  vol: 18  issue: 11  first page: e362  year: 2018  
doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30120-8

26. An overview of medical diagnostic laboratories in South Africa that meet the international standard of accreditation: ISO 15189
H Khadambi-Morokane, K Bhowan, S Ayuk
The Journal of Medical Laboratory Science and Technology of South Africa  vol: 3  issue: 1  first page: 27  year: 2021  
doi: 10.36303/JMLSTSA.2021.3.1.61

27. Implementation of the laboratory strategic framework to strengthen health laboratory services in Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2016–2023
Fausta S. Mosha, Rana Hajjeh, Rachel Ochola, Amany Ghoniem, Yvan J.-F. Hutin
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine  vol: 14  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v14i1.2611

28. 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

29. Developing a customised approach for strengthening tuberculosis laboratory quality management systems toward accreditation
Heidi Albert, Andre Trollip, Donatelle Erni, Kekeletso Kao
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine  vol: 6  issue: 2  year: 2017  
doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v6i2.576