The Global Lab Quality Initiative (GLQI) comprises interrelated programs for clinical laboratory professionals and students in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, including on-site educational workshops.
In these workshops, the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM, formerly AACC) presents best practices in quality control or method verification and invites host nation speakers to discuss their country's specific guidelines and regulations.
ADLM hosted 36 workshops between 2011 and 2025:
2025
- Kathmandu, Nepal, in collaboration with the Nepalese Association of Clinical Chemistry (NACC)
- Campinas, Brazil, in collaboration with the Sociedade Brasileira de Análises Clínicas (SBAC)
2024
- Almaty, Kazakhstan, in collaboration with the Kazakhstan Association of Medical Laboratory Diagnostics, and the International Society for Neonatal Screening
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Medical Laboratory Association, and the department of pathology at St. Paul Millennium Hospital
- Xining, China, attending the 2024 Academic Conference on the Value and Advance of Laboratory Medicine and Technology
- Cartagena, Colombia, attending the 26th annual congress of the Confederación Latinoamericana de Bioquímica Clínica (COLABIOCLI)
- Livingstone, Zambia, through the BMSZ2024 Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting
2023
- Yaounde, Cameroon, in collaboration with the University of Buea
- Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in collaboration with the Mongolian Association of Health Laboratorians (MAHL)
- Medellín, Colombia, through the Congreso Internacional del Colegio Nacional de Bacteriología (CNB)
- Cuenca, Ecuador, through the X Congreso Internacional Y XIV Congreso Nacional de Bioquímica Clínica
- Livingstone, Zambia, through the BMSZ2023 Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting
2022
- Santa Cruz, Bolivia, in collaboration with Sociedad Boliviana de Bioquímica Clínica (SOBOBIOCLI)
2019
- Jaipur, India, in collaboration with the Asian and Pacific Federation of Clinical Biochemistry (APFCB)
- Cali, Colombia, in collaboration with the Colegio de Bacteriologos del Valle del Cauca (COLBAV)
2018
- Manila, Philippines, in collaboration with The Philippine Association of Medical Technologists, Inc.
- Colombo, Sri Lanka, in collaboration with the College of Chemical Pathologists of Sri Lanka and the Association for Clinical Biochemistry, Sri Lanka
- Kathmandu, Nepal, in collaboration with the Nepal Association for Medical Laboratory Science
- Xalapa, Mexico, in collaboration with the Mexican Association of Clinical Laboratory Sciences
- Goa, India, for a symposium covering newborn screening
2017
- Hangzhou, China, in collaboration with the Chinese Society of Laboratory Medicine (CSLM) and Chinese Association for Clinical Laboratory Management (CACLM)
- Punta del Este, Uruguay, in collaboration with Asociación Bioquimica Uruguaya (ABU)
- San Jose, Costa Rica, in collaboration with Universidad de Ciencias Médicas (UCIMED)
- Bogotá, Colombia, for a symposium covering newborn screening
2016
- Córdoba , Argentina, in collaboration with Colegio de Bioquimicos de Córdoba (CoBiCo)
- Chongqing, China, in collaboration with the Chinese Society of Laboratory Medicine (CSLM) and Chinese Association for Clinical Laboratory Management (CACLM)
- Havana, Cuba, in collaboration with the Cuban Society of Clinical Pathology (SCPC)
2015
- San Salvador, El Salvador, in collaboration with the Association of Professionals in Clinical Laboratory of El Salvador (COPLACES)
- Guatemala City, Guatemala, in collaboration with the Biological Chemists Association of Guatemala
- Santiago, Chile, in collaboration with Chilean Society of Clinical Chemistry
2014
- Veracruz, Mexico, in collaboration with the Mexican College of Clinical Laboratory Sciences
2013
- Panama City, Panama, in collaboration with the Peruvian Association of Professional Clinical Laboratory
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, in collaboration with the Bolivian Society of Clinical Biochemistry
2012
- Lima, Peru, in collaboration with the Peruvian Association of Professional Clinical Laboratory
- Asuncion, Paraguay, in collaboration with the Association of Biochemists of Paraguay
- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in collaboration with the Dominican College of bioanalysts
2011
- Quito, Ecuador, in collaboration with the Ecuadorian Society for Clinical Biochemistry (SEBIOCLI)
ADLM is always working to plan new workshops and to share best practices with laboratory professionals around the world. If your clinical laboratory association would like to collaborate with ADLM in bringing a workshop into your country, please write to us here.