Technical consultation to update the WHO Malaria microscopy quality assurance manual; 2014 (sólo en inglés)

Preamble

In 2009, the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific on behalf of the WHO Global Malaria Programme prepared the Malaria microscopy quality assurance manual to support quality management systems for malaria microscopy in malaria-endemic countries. The Manual, originally recommended at an inter-regional consultation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2005, took several years to prepare through consensus-building among experts in the field of malaria microscopy and quality assurance. Four years after its release in all regions, the WHO Global Malaria Programme convened a technical consultation to review experience in quality management of malaria microscopy in endemic countries, including implementation of the main approaches recommended in the Manual. This report is a summary of the discussions and consensus of the experts convened by WHO at a 3-day consultation to review and update the Malaria microscopy quality assurance manual.