Objectives: A recent survey of laboratories in Kampala, Uganda, demonstrated that only
0.3% of laboratories (3/954) met international quality standards. To benchmark laboratory …

Background Thirty million small and sick newborns worldwide require inpatient care each
year. Many receive antibiotics for clinically diagnosed infections without blood cultures, the …

Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries where health
systems are poorly equipped to deal with this challenge. 1 In the sub-Saharan region of …

Background Clinical laboratories are crucial in addressing the high rates of communicable
and non-communicable diseases seen in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, the most …

Background and Objectives Serologic screening for the major transfusion transmissible
viruses (TTV) is critical to blood safety and has been widely implemented. However, actual …

Objectives: Using a clinical research laboratory as a case study, we sought to characterize
barriers to maintaining Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) services in a developing …

For thirty years Pathologists Overseas (PO) has worked in low-and middle-income countries
(LMICs) to provide affordable, sustainable, and high-quality pathology and laboratory …

Proficiency testing (PT) is an impartial laboratory performance-evaluating system using an
independent body. It is a mandatory accreditation requirement and means for improving the …

Non-communicable disease (NCD), including cancer, disproportionately affect Low-and
Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). This inequity is in part due to limitations of pathology …

There are many challenges to performing clinical research in resource-limited settings.
Here, we discuss several of the most common laboratory issues that must be addressed …