Strengthening Laboratory Management Toward Accreditation (SLMTA), a structured quality improvement program, teaches laboratory managers how to implement practical quality management systems in resource-limited settings using available resources. With a series of short courses and work-based improvement projects supported by site visits and mentoring, SLMTA is designed to achieve immediate, measurable improvement in laboratories. SLMTA was launched in 2009, and has since been implemented in some 617 laboratories in 47 countries worldwide.
SLMTA Governance Board
Chairman of the Board
Professor Oni Idigbe
Co-ordinator of Research Planning and Management of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, and Adjunct Professor of Microbiology at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Chicago View Bio
Board Members
George Alemnji
Senior Technical Advisor for Lab Services, State Office of Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy/PEPFAR
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Professor Anthony Ogbonna Emeribe
College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar; member of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN)
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Dr. Eduardo Gudo
Scientific Director of the National Institute of Health, Mozambique
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Giselle Guevara
Laboratory Quality Assurance Coordinator at the CDC Caribbean Regional Office, Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Center for Global Health, CDC
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Dr. Luciana Kohatsu
SLMTA Global Program Deputy Director at the Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Center for Global Health, CDC
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Talkmore Maruta
Senior Biosafety and Biosecurity Officer, Africa CDC
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Kelly Mokobela
Laboratory Manager, Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital Laboratory, Botswana
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Dr. Fausta Mosha
Technical Officer - Laboratory, World Health Organization
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Dr. Jean-Bosco Ndihokubwayo
Programme Manager, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
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Nqobile Ndlovu
CEO, African Society for Laboratory Medicine
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Dr. John Nkengasong
Director, Africa CDC
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Dr. Trevor Peter
ASLM Board Chairman, and Senior Director, Diagnostics Services at the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
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Dr. Judith Shang
Laboratory Director at the CDC-Cameroon office, Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Center for Global Health, CDC
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Michael Abala Wanga
Chairman of the Kenya Medical Laboratory Association
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Dr. Ismae Whyms
Quality Manager of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital and the Technical Director for Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine in the Bahamas
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Dr. Katy Yao
SLMTA Global Program Director at the Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Center for Global Health, CDC
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Sibongile Zimuto
Executive Director of the Zimbabwe National Quality Assurance Programme (ZINQAP) Trust
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