External quality assessment of national public health laboratories in Africa, 2002–2009

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Authors

John Frean · National Health Laboratory Service

Olga Perovic · National Health Laboratory Service

Vivian Fensham · National Health Laboratory Service

Kerrigan McCarthy · National Health Laboratory Service

Anne von Gottberg · National Health Laboratory Service

Linda de Gouveia · National Health Laboratory Service

Bhavani Poonsamy

Abstract

The external quality assessment programme consistently identified certain functional deficiencies requiring strengthening that were present in African public health microbiology laboratories.

Topics & Keywords

Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volume 90, Issue 3, pp. 191-199

DOI: 10.2471/blt.11.091876

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