Developing standards for malaria microscopy: External competency assessment for malaria microscopists in the Asia-Pacific

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ashraf, Sania ^a   Kao, Angie ^b   Hugo, Cecilia ^c   Christophel, Eva M ^d   Fatunmbi, Bayo ^d   Luchavez, Jennifer ^e   Lilley, Ken ^f   Bell, David ^g  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Asian Collaborative Training Network for Malaria (ACTMalaria)   (Philippines)

^d The World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific philippines   (Philippines)

^e Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (WHO Collaborating Centre)   (Philippines)

^f AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^g FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Malaria microscopy; Quality assurance programmes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MICROSCOPIST; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM;

ASIA; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84867665019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-352     Document Type: Article

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