Creating national laboratory directorates and networks

RESAOLAB supports the creation of directorates and national laboratory networks across our West African countries. Each laboratory directorate coordinates a network of all the public and private medical analysis laboratories in that country. Their work contributes to strengthening and standardizing the quality of analyses.

To date, four directorates have been built and fully equipped within the scope of RESAOLAB. They play a pivotal role in their four home countries by contributing to the implementation of national policies for laboratory supervision and coordinating clinical biology laboratory activities, assessing the quality of analyses and providing guidance on staff training courses.

Clear national and regional policies facilitate laboratory development coordination and performances

To foster effective governance of laboratory systems, countries establish national and regional policies for the development of clinical biology laboratories. They implement plans for procurement, waste management, maintenance, and laboratory management.

Laboratory directorates are supported in their development. They contribute to the implementation of national policies for laboratory supervision and coordinate clinical biology laboratory activities, assessing the quality of analyses and providing guidance on staff training courses.

Bi-annual meetings

International Steering Committee

Since 2009, the RESAOLAB project has organized and hosted meetings twice a year. Attended by representatives of the 7 member countries, these encounters provide an opportunity to share experiences and develop region-wide strategies to address the challenges facing the laboratory sector: training personnel, transporting samples, combatting antimicrobial resistance, etc.