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1. Shaping the future of medical laboratory practices in Somaliland: a review of the current standards
Omar Abdulkarim Saeed Alhammadi, Zhinya Kawa Othman, Ephraim Ikpongifono Udokang, Tayaba Sarfraz, Olalekan John Okesanya, Jerico Bautista Ogaya, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno
Discover Applied Sciences  vol: 7  issue: 7  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1007/s42452-025-07350-1

2. The Role of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Pursuit of Global Health Security
Deliana Kostova, Patricia Richter, Gretchen Van Vliet, Michael Mahar, Ronald L. Moolenaar
Health Security  vol: 19  issue: 3  first page: 288  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1089/hs.2020.0121

3. 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

4. Invisible and undervalued: A qualitative study of laboratory workers’ experiences and perceptions of laboratory strengthening in Sierra Leone
Mohamed B. Jalloh, Eva Vernooij, Alice Street
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine  vol: 13  issue: 1  year: 2024  
doi: 10.4102/AJLM.v13i1.2292

5. 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

6. A Multilingual Tool for Standardized Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity Assessment and Monitoring
Arnaud Orelle, Abdoulaye Nikiema, Arsen Zakaryan, Adilya A. Albetkova, Mah-Séré Keita, Mark A. Rayfield, Leonard F. Peruski, Antoine Pierson
Health Security  vol: 20  issue: 6  first page: 488  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1089/hs.2022.0030

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. 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

9. 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

10. Infection prevention and control in low- and middle-income countries: policy, practice, and implementation challenges in sub-Saharan Africa
Uduak Okomo, Felicity Fitzgerald, Nicholas Feasey, Shaheen Mehtar, Angela Dramowski, Jose M. Munita, Lilian M. Abbo, Kasim Allel
Clinical Microbiology Reviews  vol: 39  issue: 2  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1128/cmr.00142-22

11. Status of countrywide laboratory services quality and capacity in primary healthcare facilities in Tanzania: Findings from Star Rating Assessment
Erick Kinyenje, Ruth R. Ngowi, Yohanes S. Msigwa, Joseph C. Hokororo, Talhiya A. Yahya, Chrisogone J. German, Akili Mawazo, Mohamed A. Mohamed, Omary A. Nassoro, Mbwana M. Degeh, Radenta P. Bahegwa, Laura E. Marandu, Syabo M. Mwaisengela, Lutengano W. Mwanginde, Robert Makala, Eliudi S. Eliakimu, Shifa S. Habib
PLOS Global Public Health  vol: 3  issue: 10  first page: e0001489  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001489

12. World Health Organization List of Priority Medical Devices for Cancer Management to Promote Universal Coverage
André M. Ilbawi, Adriana Velazquez-Berumen
Clinics in Laboratory Medicine  vol: 38  issue: 1  first page: 151  year: 2018  
doi: 10.1016/j.cll.2017.10.012

13. Strengthening Biorisk Management Capacities in Burkina Faso: Contribution of the Global Health Security Agenda
Emilie Dama, Arnaud Orelle, Abdoulaye Nikiema, Patrick D. Mandingar, Alphonse Naby, Gérard B. Bationo, Mah-Séré Kéita, Antoine Pierson, Charles Sawadogo, Rebecca Greco Koné
Health Security  vol: 20  issue: 6  first page: 479  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1089/hs.2019.0069

14. Cancer care workforce in Africa: perspectives from a global survey
Verna Vanderpuye, Nazik Hammad, Yehoda Martei, Wilma M. Hopman, Adam Fundytus, Richard Sullivan, Bostjan Seruga, Gilberto Lopes, Manju Sengar, Michael D. Brundage, Christopher M. Booth
Infectious Agents and Cancer  vol: 14  issue: 1  year: 2019  
doi: 10.1186/s13027-019-0227-8

15. Strengthening governance and leadership of the national laboratory system in Liberia: achievements and challenges
Torbandu H. Kohar, Ellen Munemo, Jonathan Kpaka, Nisha Marles, Ochiawunma Akwiwu-Ibe, Anicet G. Dahourou, Frantz Jean Louis
Frontiers in Public Health  vol: 13  year: 2025  
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1504451

16. Bridging the Gap in Training and Clinical Practice in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mansoor Saleh, Gurudatta Naik, Anne Mwirigi, Asim Jamal Shaikh, Saleem Sayani, Munir Ghesani, Sheemain Asaria, Aliyah R. Sohani, Shahin Sayed, Zahir Moloo, Karim I. Budhwani, Zohray Talib
Current Breast Cancer Reports  vol: 11  issue: 3  first page: 158  year: 2019  
doi: 10.1007/s12609-019-00322-6

17. Measuring training effectiveness of laboratory biosafety program offered at African Center for Integrated Laboratory Training in 22 President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief supported countries (2008–2014)
Ritu Shrivastava, Thomas Stevens, Larry Westerman, David Bressler, Elsie van Schalkwyk, Cristina Bressler, Ken Ugwu, Christina Mwangi, Joel Peter Opio, Joseph Nkodyo, Jane W. Mwangi, Monte D. Martin, Shanna Nesby-O’Dell
Tropical Medicine and Health  vol: 51  issue: 1  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1186/s41182-023-00557-1

18. Medical Imaging: The Missing Element of National Health Plans
Devanshi R. Shah, Abimbola Leslie, Kristen Destigter, Eline van de Broek-Altenburg, Susan Horton, Bernice Dahn
Journal of Global Radiology  vol: 7  issue: 2  year: 2021  
doi: 10.7191/jgr.2021.1158

19. Point-of-Care HIV Viral Load Testing: an Essential Tool for a Sustainable Global HIV/AIDS Response
Paul K. Drain, Jienchi Dorward, Andrew Bender, Lorraine Lillis, Francesco Marinucci, Jilian Sacks, Anna Bershteyn, David S. Boyle, Jonathan D. Posner, Nigel Garrett
Clinical Microbiology Reviews  vol: 32  issue: 3  year: 2019  
doi: 10.1128/CMR.00097-18

20. Delivering modern, high-quality, affordable pathology and laboratory medicine to low-income and middle-income countries: a call to action
Susan Horton, Richard Sullivan, John Flanigan, Kenneth A Fleming, Modupe A Kuti, Lai Meng Looi, Sanjay A Pai, Mark Lawler
The Lancet  vol: 391  issue: 10133  first page: 1953  year: 2018  
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30460-4

21. Antimicrobial resistance in a war-torn country: Lessons learned in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gabriel Kambale Bunduki, Jean-Louis Mumbere Katembo, Ildéfonse Soly Kamwira
One Health  vol: 9  first page: 100120  year: 2020  
doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2019.100120

22. Availability of essential diagnostics in ten low-income and middle-income countries: results from national health facility surveys
Harika Yadav, Devanshi Shah, Shahin Sayed, Susan Horton, Lee F Schroeder
The Lancet Global Health  vol: 9  issue: 11  first page: e1553  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00442-3

23. Evolution and implementation of One Health to control the dissemination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and resistance genes: A review
Nayeem Ahmad, Ronni Mol Joji, Mohammad Shahid
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology  vol: 12  year: 2023  
doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.1065796

24. Contexts for developing of national essential diagnostics list. Lessons from a mixed-methods study of existing documents, stakeholders and decision making on tier-specific essential in-vitro diagnostics in African countries
Winny Koster, Elishebah Maruta Mutegi, Francis Ocen, Collins Otieno Odhiambo, Maina Michael Waweru, Albert Gautier Ndione, Sri Lakshmi Priyanka Yerra, Jenny L. Grunwald, Delores Mack, Kekeletso Kao, Lucy A. Perrone, Pascale Ondoa, Shifa S. Habib
PLOS Global Public Health  vol: 3  issue: 5  first page: e0001893  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001893

25. Leveraging gains from African Center for Integrated Laboratory Training to combat HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa
Ritu Shrivastava, Richard Poxon, Erin Rottinghaus, Leyya Essop, Victoria Sanon, Zawadi Chipeta, Elsie van-Schalkwyk, Phuti Sekwadi, Pelagia Murangandi, Shon Nguyen, Josh Devos, Shanna Nesby-Odell, Thomas Stevens, Farouk Umaru, Alex Cox, Andrea Kim, Chunfu Yang, Linda M. Parsons, Babatyi Malope-Kgokong, John N. Nkengasong
BMC Health Services Research  vol: 21  issue: 1  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-06005-8

26. Strengthening Jordan’s Laboratory Capacity for Communicable Diseases: A Comprehensive Multi-Method Mapping Toward Harmonized National Laboratories and Evidence-Informed Public Health Planning
Dalia Kashef Zayed, Ruba A. Al-Smadi, Mohammad Almaayteh, Thekryat Al-Hjouj, Ola Hamdan, Ammar Abu Ghalyoun, Omar Alsaleh, Tariq Abu Touk, Saddam Nawaf Almaseidin, Thaira Madi, Samar Khaled Hassan, Muna Horabi, Adel Belbiesi, Tareq L. Mukattash, Ala’a B. Al-Tammemi
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health  vol: 22  issue: 9  first page: 1459  year: 2025  
doi: 10.3390/ijerph22091459

27. Challenges faced by the HIV testing system in low- and middle-income countries
Rachel S. Kamgaing, Yagai Bouba, Samuel M. Sosso, Jeremiah E. Gabisa, Aubin Nanfack, Joseph Fokam, Laure Ngono, Nadine Fainguem, Michel C.T. Tommo, Krystel N. Zam, Junie F. Yimga, Désiré K. Takou, Alexis Ndjolo
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine  vol: 12  issue: 1  year: 2023  
doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v12i1.1974