In August 2005 the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded the ASCP a cooperative agreement to support laboratory training and quality improvement for diagnosis and laboratory monitoring of HIV/AIDS patients in resource-limited countries that are part of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This program enhances laboratory testing practices and services thereby improving care and treatment for individuals with HIV/AIDS. Consultants work with ASCP staff and other ASCP volunteers in training laboratorians and helping build laboratory infrastructure mainly in sub-Saharan African countries severely affected by HIV/AIDS.

ASCP's role in the program is to provide lab training in Hematology, Chemistry, CD4 testing and to provide quality improvement programs for diagnosis and laboratory monitoring of HIV/AIDS patients in resource-limited countries.

ASCP is currently working in Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Kenya, Guyana, Haiti, Zambia, Nigeria, Namibia and Rwanda.

Questions? Email pepfar@ascp.org