Status Report of National Reference Laboratories for Epidemiological Surveillance of Communicable Diseases and Diseases with Epidemic Potential in Côte d'Ivoire after More Than a Decade of Existence
Journal: American journal of public health research
Year: 2023

Introduction: Many hospital, public health and university medical laboratories, whether public or private, contribute through their diagnostic activities to health care and the improvement of public health Objective: To evaluate the state of knowledge of the National Reference Centres (NRC) in order to identify measures for their improvement after more than a decade of practice. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out with managers of national reference laboratories. Result: The NRCs are