In the Benin-West state of Africa, cancer is one of the most frequent causes of death. For this reason from September 2015 at Saint John of God Hospital in Tanguieta -Benin a Histopathology Laboratoy is active with the aim to make diagnosis and address towards adequate therapeutic programs patients affected from cancer and other diseases. The Laboratory has been equipped with a tele pathology system (Cross SS, Dennis T, Start RD. 2002 and Della Mea V. & Beltrami CA. 2000) and from 2018 with an

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... utomatic System for Immunochemistry. Objectives, methods and outcomes: In the last 20 years, in collaboration with the association APOF (Pathologists across the border), diagnostic laboratories have been developed in various African countries: Tanzania -Uganda -Djibouti, etc. Immunohistochemistry has been introduced in these laboratories to formulate a correct and complete diagnosis. In Benin we had a technological breakthrough by introducing an automated immunohistochemistry system. The funds were obtained from the FAI (International Assistance Foundation) of Lugano (Switzerland) and from the UTA -Onlus. The use of validated protocols, the contribution of international experts through telepathology, the training of technical personnel on site, allowed the formulation of correct diagnoses.