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

• Main Authors: John Frean (Author), Olga Perovic (Author), Vivian Fensham (Author), Kerrigan McCarthy (Author), Anne von Gottberg (Author), Linda de Gouveia (Author), Bhavani Poonsamy (Author), Leigh Dini (Author), Jenny Rossouw (Author), Karen Keddy (Author), Wondimagegnehu Alemu (Author), Ali Yahaya (Author), Antoine Pierson (Author), Virginie Dolmazon (Author), Sébastien Cognat (Author), Jean Bosco Ndihokubwayo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To describe findings from an external quality assessment programme involving laboratories in Africa that routinely investigate epidemic-prone diseases. METHODS: Beginning in 2002, the Regional Office for Africa of the World Health Organization (WHO) invited national public health laborato...