Country Chapters

Cote d'Ivoire is a signatory to the Memorandum of Understanding and a participating member of the College since the inauguration of the Steering Board in 2013. The country's chapter is being developed to expand WAPCMLS's Francophone reach, strengthening bilingual training and examination capacity across the sub-region.

Togo has been a participating member of WAPCMLS since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding in 2013. The Togolese Chapter supports the College's mandate to extend specialist laboratory training into Francophone West Africa, ensuring equitable access to postgraduate programmes across language barriers.

The Gambia has been a participating member of WAPCMLS since signing the Memorandum of Understanding in 2013. The Gambian Chapter represents a strategically important Anglophone partner in the sub-region, contributing to the College's mission of building specialist laboratory capacity across all ECOWAS member states.

Liberia has been a participating member of WAPCMLS since the inauguration of the Steering Board in 2013. The Liberian Chapter is being developed to address the critical need for specialist medical laboratory scientists in a country where post-conflict health system strengthening has made laboratory capacity building a national priority.

Although not an ECOWAS member state, Cameroon has been an active participant in WAPCMLS since the founding meeting in Nairobi in 2010 and is a signatory to the Memorandum of Understanding. With two representatives on the inaugural Steering Board, Cameroon bridges the ECOWAS and Central African laboratory science communities.