WHO malaria nucleic acid amplification test external quality assessment scheme: results of eleven distributions over 6 years
Results from the first eleven distributions indicate that the EQA scheme has facilitated improved performance of laboratories over time, highlighting the value of implementing such programmes. EQA schemes are critical to safeguarding the reliability of data and diagnoses, especially in situations where NAAT methodologies and protocols are used. In future, funders should make participation in an EQA scheme a requirement for laboratories, and countries can take initiatives to embed such schemes into their own national assessment programmes.
Authors
- Peter L. Chiodini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0317-7090)
- Jane Cunningham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2758-4822)
- Agatha C. Saez
- Rebecca Thomson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9683-9457)
- María Paz Ade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0861-988X)
- Jaya Shrivastava (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8184-7796)
- Sandra Incardona (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4994-1736)
- Michelle L. Gatton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1188-609X)
- Samuel L. Nsobya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4986-8823)
- Sean C. Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2048-0131)
- Xavier C. Ding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8409-3678)
- Naomi W. Lucchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8789-8041)
- Eric Legrand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4725-0712)
- Didier Ménard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1357-4495)
Institutions
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Institut Pasteur (FR)
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- University of Washington (US)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas (US)
- Fred Hutch Cancer Center (US)
- Hospital for Tropical Diseases (GB)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Center for Global Health (US)
- Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria (US)
- Seattle University (US)
- Université de Strasbourg (FR)
- Makerere University (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Malaria Journal
- Published
- 2025-03-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-025-05282-0
- Primary Topic
- Malaria Research and Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00