Laboratory Quality Strengthening

External quality assessment for AFB smear microscopy

| ca. 2002]
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Centers for disease control and prevention (CDC) etc.
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, quality control, disease control, tuberculosis, guidelines
This manual is intended to provide guidelines and methods to assess the quality and reliability of TB laboratory services.

The African journal of laboratory medicine (AJLM)

| 2012-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: AOSIS OpenJournals
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: public health, health personnel, disease control
The African Journal of Laboratory Medicine serves as a repository for cutting-edge, peer-reviewed research that focuses on the role of the laboratory and its professionals in clinical care and public health in a uniquely African context.

African centre for integrated laboratory training (ACILT)

| 2011-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Centers for disease control and prevention (CDC)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, health personnel, training programmes, africa
The African Centre for Integrated Laboratory Training (ACILT), develops and presents hands-on training courses for front-line laboratory staff as well as program managers, strategic planner, and policy makers. ACILT is located in Johannesburg, South Africa.

ASLM : African society for laboratory medicine

| 2011-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: African society for laboratory medicine (ASLM)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, scientific facilities, disease control, africa
providing affordable access to quality laboratory services, which make possible effective treatment and prevention of disease and a better life for all persons.

Non-NIH funding opportunities

| 2011-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: National institutes of health (NIH). Fogarty international center (FIC)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health, funds
The Fogarty International Center, the international component of the National Institutes of Health, has published this Directory since 1988. The Directory includes a comprehensive compilation of international funding opportunities in biomedical and behavioral research, separated by category.
 

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This portal provides background information for KIT's training programme on laboratory quality management, which enables laboratories in resource-constrained countries to improve the quality of their services. Use the searchbox to find resources in the database.