AKMLSO Chair
On behalf of the Association of Kenya Medical Laboratory Scientific Officers (AKMLSO) and the Organizing Committee, it is my pleasure and honor to invite you to participate in the 29th World Congress of Biomedical Laboratory Science, organized by the International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences (IFNLS) and hosted by AKMLSO.

The Congress is being held in Sub-Saharan Africa for the very first time and we feel greatly honored to represent Kenya, and indeed the whole of Africa, to host this Congress.

The Congress dates have been scheduled for 6-10th of June 2010 at the spectacular Kenyatta International Conference Centre in the heart of our capital city, Nairobi. The 2010 Congress promises to be an enriching experience, both for our multi-disciplinary scientists and accompanying persons.

The Organizing Committee is putting into place an elaborate scientific program and a host of social engagements to make the Congress a memorable event.

Ladies and Gentlemen, let me share with you a few short texts that have been very inspiring to me, chosen from literature written by our current IFBLS President, Gry Andersen.
BLS is in “the running of a laboratory”
BLS is in “the best treatment of business”
BLS is in “the make the patient well business”

I summarize these texts by saying that BLS should be focused on running laboratories to provide correct diagnosis, for the best treatment, to make patients well.

As you prepare to come to Nairobi in 2010, kindly remember that the future of BLS is in your hands.

I wish you all the best. KARIBUNI KENYA SANA!

Moses Lorre
AKMLSO Chair