WHO Guidance for SARS-Co-V 2 RT-PCR testing
Nucleic acid testing (NAT) technologies that use real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for detection of SARS-CoV-2 Product type: Nucleic acid testing...
World AIDS Day 2020 Global solidarity, resilient services
The world has made significant progress since the late 1990s, but HIV remains a major global public health issue. And...
‘Nobody Sees Us’: Testing-Lab Workers Strain Under Demand
Laboratory technologists have been working nonstop to help the nation diagnose an ever-growing number of coronavirus cases.. In March, April...
A call for Caribbean countries to adopt HIV self-testing
PRESS RELEASE As COVID-19 reduces access to HIV testing services, AIDS response partners call for Caribbean countries to adopt HIV...
COVID causes reduction in HIV/AIDS testing
A 69 per cent reduction in facility and community-based HIV testing services due to COVID-19 is putting people with undiagnosed...
HIV/Syphilis Rapid Testing Portal
As we celebrate World AIDS Day in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, CMLF launches its new website and...
Celebrating World AIDS Day
To celebrate World AIDS day 2020, CMLF has put together the following:...
WHO pre-qualifies COVID 19 Ag Tests
List of EUL products eligible for procurement: Instruction for Use (IFUs) Source: WHO...
Free fatty acid binding pocket in the locked structure of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
Abstract COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), represents a global crisis. Key to SARS-CoV-2 therapeutic development is unraveling...
WHO Guidance on Use of Rapid Antigen Tests for SARS-CoV-2
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, laboratories have been using nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs), such as real time...
CMLF’s critical role in the Region’s COVID-19 response
Contributor: Valerie Wilson, Director, Caribbean Med Labs Foundation (CMLF) COVID-19 has undoubtedly changed the world; laboratories are not immune to...
COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates suicide risk factors
Washington, DC, September 10, 2020 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today warned that the COVID-19 pandemic may...
PAHO Director asks PROSUR leaders to participate in initiative to fast track access to COVID-19 vaccines
Washington, D.C., August 28, 2020 (PAHO) — The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne, yesterday...
Webinar on HIV Self Testing
This CVC webinar was on HIV Self Testing. It was facilitated by Valerie Wilson, Director of Caribbean Med Labs Foundation....
The Impact of COVID-19 on HIV Clinical Practice
SARS-COV-2 is an RNA virus from the coronavirus family, the causative agent of COVID-19. With nearly 6,000,000 cases worldwide, 365,000...
WHO: access to HIV medicines severely impacted by COVID-19 as AIDS response stalls
Countries seek innovative ways to mitigate the impact of disruptions and keep services going. Seventy-three countries have warned that they...
HIV Prevention Services During Covid-19
Attached is a presentation made at the PANCAP-PAHO webinar on Delivering HIV Prevention Services during COVID-19 with specific focus on...
COVID-19 and Laboratories
An opportunity for strengthening laboratories and health systems in the region. Diagnostics and Laboratory capacity are essential but often ignored...
WHO Declares Corona virus an International Public Health Emergency
The new coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread...
CMLF highlights OECS Member States' Laboratory Achievements
At the OECS Ministers Policy Meeting on 5 December 2019, the Caribbean Med Labs Foundation (CMLF) highlighted the achievements made...