Malaria Microscopy Quality Assurance Programme

This has become imperative for an effective case management of malaria because of limitations in malaria microscopy skills, over diagnosis of malaria based on clinical symptoms alone, best practices and quality care for patients. Health workers involved in malaria diagnosis are supervised monthly and challenges addressed promptly. GCLP that could be extended to other diagnostic conditions will be entrenched and sustained in a timely fashion thus creating the highly desired work ethics with success in patient’s management being the bottom line.

Course on Effective Malaria/Fever Case Management for HCPs

Malaria is one of the febrile illnesses in Nigeria. In clinical training, it is suggested that patients with fever should be suspected to have malaria and be treated as such. The index of suspicion for malaria was therefore very high. Thus, most patients that present with fever are most likely to be treated for malaria. However, the realities based on current data shows that the contribution of malaria to febrile illness is indeed low.
Microscope Maintenance Course for ALL Users of Microscopes

The Center of Excellence for Malaria Diagnosis, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, is happy to commence the Microscope Maintenance Course. This course addresses the challenges in the handling of microscopes and how they can be maintained to ensure better performance.