African Society Laboratory Medicine
$2,500,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Recipient country
- Ethiopia
- Fiscal year
- 2020-2021
- Agreement period
- July 24, 2020 – July 31, 2021
- Reference
- dfatd-maecd:064-2020-2021-Q2-00038
Published purpose
This project contributes to the implementation of the Africa Joint Continental Strategy for Covid-19 outbreak, led by the Africa Centres for Disease Control & Prevention (A-CDC). Specifically, this project supports the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) for the implementation of the Africa CDC’s Partnership to accelerate COVID-19 testing initiative to : 1) procure and distribute test kits and supplies, 2) assist national public health laboratories to build the capacity for COVID 19 testing at the sub-national level and 3) assess sub-national level laboratories to guide corrective action and improve the quality of COVID-19 testing.
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