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12 December 2007

World Health Organisations funds project

The project will examine the accuracy of malaria diagnosis in African countries

WHO funds project to examine the accuracy of malaria diagnosis in African countries.

A project to examine the accuracy of diagnosis of malaria in third world countries has
been funded by the World Health Organisation in collaboration with the National External Quality Assurance Scheme in Haematology (UKNEQAS). The project at, IRM, is led by Professor Bill Gilmore, Dr Len Seal and Visiting Professor Keith Hyde who is Director of the UKNEQAS and Consultant Clinical Scientist at Manchester Royal Infirmary. The project builds on an evolving strategy on delivering diagnostic competency in haematological practice.

For more details contact b.gilmore@mmu.ac.uk