# HuQAS

> Human Quality Assessment Services (HuQAS) provides external quality assessment (EQA), training and mentorship for clinical laboratories across Africa. It is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

- ISO/IEC 17043:2023 accredited
- Offering EQA since 2000
- 700+ laboratories registered
- 400+ analytes covered across 60+ programs

- Email: info@huqas.org
- Phone: +254 722 800 971
- Address: Human House, 1st Floor, Ngara West Road, Nairobi, Kenya

## Pages

- [Home](https://huqas.org/): Overview of HuQAS external quality assessment for clinical laboratories, with the current EQA programs grouped by category, how registration and each test event work, how results are graded (ISO 13528:2015 z-scores and peer groups), upcoming trainings, the ISO 15189 mentorship program and the annual HuQAS Scientific Conference, the HuQAS distributors in other countries, and links to the EQA catalogue, calendar, participant user guide and report interpretation guide.
- [EQA programs](https://huqas.org/programs): Every HuQAS EQA program grouped by category, with the analytes each covers. Searchable by program or analyte, with programs added to a quote list.
- [Request a quote](https://huqas.org/programs/quotation): Form to request a quote for chosen EQA programs. No account needed; the HuQAS team replies by email and proposes the right program variant.
- [Training](https://huqas.org/training): Upcoming HuQAS trainings and webinars for laboratory professionals, with dates, venue and online registration, plus courses run on request and past trainings by year.
- [Mentorship](https://huqas.org/mentorship): The HuQAS ISO 15189 accreditation mentorship program for medical laboratories: the five phases from gap assessment to post-accreditation follow-up, why laboratories choose it, and how to request a quote.
- [Request a mentorship quote](https://huqas.org/mentorship/quote): Form to request a quote for HuQAS accreditation mentorship. No account needed; the HuQAS team replies by email.
- [About HuQAS](https://huqas.org/about): Who HuQAS is: a non-governmental organization in Nairobi providing EQA and training to medical laboratories since 2000, ISO/IEC 17043:2023 accredited, its objectives as an EQA scheme, HuQAS Global distribution and its partners and distributors.
- [Document downloads](https://huqas.org/downloads): Every HuQAS document clients use, as PDFs: the EQA catalogue, the EQA and CPD calendars, the participant portal user guide, the report interpretation guide and the ISO/IEC 17043:2023 certificate.
- [Blog](https://huqas.org/blog): News and writing from HuQAS on external quality assessment, training, mentorship and the HuQAS Scientific Conference.
- [Talk to us](https://huqas.org/contact-us): How to contact HuQAS: a message form, every HuQAS email address and phone number, the office address in Nairobi with a map, and the link to the EQA participant portal.
- [HuQAS Scientific Conference](https://huqas.org/conference): The annual HuQAS Scientific Conference: the latest and upcoming conference, every past conference with its venue and theme, guests, fees and sponsorship packages.
- [Conference research](https://huqas.org/conference/abstracts): Abstracts presented at the HuQAS Scientific Conference, with authors, the conference they were presented at, and recorded talks where available.

## Other resources

- [EQA participant portal](https://eqa.huqas.org): where existing EQA participants sign in. It is a separate system from this website.
- [EQA catalogue (PDF)](https://huqasstrapimedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Hu_QAS_Catalogue_2025_e44cb84913.pdf)
- [EQA calendar 2026 (PDF)](https://huqasstrapimedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Revised_EQA_Calendar_2026_eafc92de82.pdf)
- [Participant portal user guide (PDF)](https://huqasstrapimedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/user_guide_092448e12d.pdf)
- [Report interpretation guide (PDF)](https://huqasstrapimedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Perfomance_Evaluation_Criteria_cf9d335df0.pdf)
- [CPD calendar 2026 (PDF)](https://huqasstrapimedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Hu_QAS_CPD_Calendar_2026_626909ad06.pdf)
- [ISO/IEC 17043:2023 certificate (PDF)](https://huqasstrapimedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/ISO_17043_2023_Certificate_415efcf56e.pdf)