Africa Laboratory Information System - The Gambia

National laboratory activity, positivity trends, specimen flow, and biosafety indicators for the selected reporting period.

From 2026-07-13 To 2026-08-13 Hub All Hubs

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Patients and Tests

3591 Patient visits recorded

3512 Tests completed

1617 Tests pending

Prevalence Snapshot

68.18% HIV prevalence

0.34% Malaria prevalence

7.32% TB prevalence

Specimen Flow

3464 Collected at lab

594 Received through SRN

6 Rejected tests

Biosafety Incidents

0 Total incidents

0 Major incidents

0 Minor incidents

Tests Done Trend

Trend of tests completed over time for the current filters.

Period	Bansang General Hospital	FARAFENNI GENERAL HOSPITAL	Basse District Hospital	Bwiam General Hospital	National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL)	Soma District Hospital	Essau District Hospital	Brikama District Hospital	Kanifing General Hospital	Bundung Maternal & Child Health Hospital	Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital
Jul 2026	367	609	0	1170	0	154	0	0	58	0	0
Aug 2026	171	284	0	409	1	23	0	0	264	0	0

Median Turnaround Time By Lab Test

Median turnaround time by lab test type across the selected reporting period.

Lab Test	Bansang General Hospital (Hours)	FARAFENNI GENERAL HOSPITAL (Hours)	Basse District Hospital (Hours)	Bwiam General Hospital (Hours)	National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) (Hours)	Soma District Hospital (Hours)	Essau District Hospital (Hours)	Brikama District Hospital (Hours)	Kanifing General Hospital (Hours)	Bundung Maternal & Child Health Hospital (Hours)	Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (Hours)
Appearance	-	27.89	-	0.06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bilirubin	-	-	-	0.47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bilirubin Direct	-	-	-	24.06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bilirubin Total	-	-	-	1.35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blood	-	-	-	0.06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blood Film	-	0.8	-	0.03	-	-	-	-	0.11	-	-
BS for mps	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.04	-	-
Fasting Blood Sugar	24.36	0.31	-	0.03	-	0.59	-	-	0.15	-	-
Full Blood Count (FBC)	21.81	0.66	-	0.1	1.46	0.17	-	-	0.06	-	-
Glucose	-	-	-	0.05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
GXM	23.18	0.54	-	0.04	-	-	-	-	0.07	-	-
HB	23.48	0.3	-	0.03	-	0.07	-	-	-	-	-
Hb	22.43	0.29	-	0.03	-	384.21	-	-	-	-	-
HCG	-	0.62	-	0.05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hepatitis B	26.06	0.66	-	0.06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hepatitis C	26.05	0.68	-	0.04	-	0.07	-	-	-	-	-
HIV	-	0.64	-	0.05	-	0.08	-	-	-	-	-
HIV EID	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ketones	-	-	-	0.08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Leukocytes	-	-	-	0.05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LFT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8	-	-
Lipid Profile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.85	-	-
Malaria RDT	23.25	0.35	-	0.04	-	384.13	-	-	-	-	-
Nitrite	-	-	-	0.08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
pH	-	-	-	0.05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pregnancy Test	-	-	-	0.04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Protein	-	-	-	0.06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Random Blood Sugar	-	0.29	-	0.04	-	0.05	-	-	-	-	-
RFT	-	-	-	0.83	-	-	-	-	0.89	-	-
RPR	-	-	-	-	-	0.09	-	-	-	-	-
Sickle HB Genotype	-	0.36	-	0.97	-	78.67	-	-	0.09	-	-
Sickling Test	-	0.9	-	0.04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Specific Gravity	-	-	-	0.05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TB GeneXpert	-	23.52	-	0.58	-	4.49	-	-	-	-	-
TB Microscopy	-	36.62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TPHA	-	-	-	0.04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Urinanalysis	-	3.93	-	0.06	-	0.44	-	-	-	-	-
Urobilinogen	-	-	-	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
VDRL	-	1.04	-	0.05	-	0.09	-	-	-	-	-
Viral Load	-	23.79	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
WBC	-	24.53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ZN Staining	-	4.55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Positivity Rates

Visual summary of positivity rates across the reporting period.

Test Type	Total Specimen	Positive	Negative	Cummulative Percentage (%)
HIV	23	2	20	8.70%
Sickling Test	21	2	19	9.52%
VDRL	6	0	6	0.00%
Pregnancy Test	14	3	11	21.43%
Viral Load	22	15	22	68.18%
TB GeneXpert	41	0	41	7.32%
Malaria RDT	583	2	579	0.34%
Hepatitis B	24	1	23	4.17%
Hepatitis C	20	1	19	5.00%