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

John Frean, Olga Perovic, Vivian Fensham, Kerrigan McCarthy, Anne von Gottberg, Linda de Gouveia, Bhavani Poonsamy, Leigh Dini, Karen H. Keddy, Wondimagegnehu Alemu,

Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2012 · 86 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

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

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