External quality assessment of Giemsa-stained blood film microscopy for the diagnosis of malaria and sleeping sickness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Main Authors: Pierre Mukadi (Author), Philippe Gillet (Author), Albert Lukuka (Author), Benjamin Atua (Author), Nicole Sheshe (Author), Albert Kanza (Author), Jean Bosco Mayunda (Author), Briston Mongita (Author), Raphaël Senga (Author), John Ngoyi (Author), Jean-Jacques Muyembe (Author), Jan Jacobs (Author), Veerle Lejon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To report the findings of a second external quality assessment of Giemsa-stained blood film microscopy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, performed one year after the first. METHODS: A panel of four slides was delivered to diagnostic laboratories in all provinces of the country. The...