African Society Laboratory Medicine

$2,500,000.00 CAD

≈ 32 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Global Affairs Canada
Program
International Development Assistance Program
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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