WHOAFRO External Quality Assurance Scheme for HIVAIDS Public Health Laboratories Results for 2002

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WHO/AFRO External Quality Assurance Scheme for
HIV/AIDS Public Health LaboratoriesResults for
2002

• Regional Programme on HIV/AIDS
• Division of Disease Control and Prevention

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• Panels of 10-13 specimens were sent to 30
  countries.
• The panels consisted of 5-10 HIV-negative, 2-5
  HIV1-Positive and at most 1 HIV2-Positive
  specimens

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Countries that participated in the WHO/AFRO
Regional HIV/AIDS Laboratory External QA Scheme
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Frequency of Test of ELISA Tests
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Frequency of Test of RAPID Tests
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Testing Strategies Used
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Performance of Participating Countries
An efficiency less than 100 is considered poor
performance