CDC Awards ASCP with Funding to Support PEPFAR II
The ASCP this month was awarded $3.9 million for the first year of its second five-year initiative with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to continue its efforts in strengthening laboratory services for the testing and monitoring of HIV/AIDS patients abroad. more...

CDC Selects ASCP to Continue Fight Against AIDS/HIV
With the President’s signing of the HIV/AIDS reauthorization bill, the ASCP is again being called on by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue its efforts in strengthening laboratory services for the testing and monitoring of HIV/AIDS patients abroad. more...

Out of the Laboratory and Into the World Webcast
The highlight of the ASCP's 2007 Annual Meeting undoubtedly was the gripping account by Gregory Henderson, MD, PhD, FASCP, of his experience treating people in the New Orleans Convention Center after Hurricane Katrina. To fully experience Henderson's presentation, ASCP has created a webcast you need to see (and hear) to believe. You will see the plenary session, with dramatic photos of the hurricane and its aftermath followed by photos from ASCP's many visits to fight AIDS in Africa and other areas. more...

ASCP Volunteer Pitching in to Battle HIV/AIDS in Africa
Past ASCP Associate Council Chair and longtime volunteer Linda L. Fell, MS,. MT(ASCP)SH is featured in the winter 2008 issue of the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Connect magazine. The story highlights her accomplishments in Africa as part of the ASCP Institute's laboratory training and quality improvement programs in Tanzania and other African and South American countries severely affected by AIDS. more...

University of Texas faculty traveling to Africa to help battle HIV/AIDS
February 8, 2008—Five faculty members from the University of Texas Medical Branch Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences in the School of Allied Health Sciences traveled to Africa in March as part of an ongoing project to improve medical technology curricula in Rwanda, Ethiopia and Tanzania. more...

ASCP Receives Increase in Federal Funding for the Fight of AIDS in Africa
October 3, 2007—The American Society for Clinical Pathology continues to expand its program to fight AIDS in Africa. The Society learned this week that another $2,841,902 will be granted to support programming through its cooperative partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. more...

ASCP Expands Outreach Programs in Africa
August 6, 2007—ASCP's outreach programs for laboratory professionals in Africa have expanded to include curriculum review, laboratory management training, and phlebotomy training, in addition to basic training modules in chemistry, hematology and CD4 testing. more...

ASCP President Featured in Medscape "Videotrial"
April 4, 2007—Dr. John S. J. Brooks, ASCP's president is featured in the March 30 Medscape "videotorial"—a regular online video commentary by leaders in the American medical community. more...

ASCP Assessment of Medical Laboratories in Lesotho Reveals Training Needs for Staff
July 14, 2006—Medical laboratory personnel in Lesotho need training in quality assurance, recordkeeping, and safety procedures in order to carry out accurate laboratory testing that monitors patients with HIV/AIDS, a consultant for the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) reported today. more...

Accurate Laboratory Tests Critical for Aids Relief in Africa
May 17, 2006—In the global effort to address the AIDS crisis in Africa, accurate test results are critical to determine who gets to free drug treatment. more...