Proficiency Assessment Course for Malaria Microscopists

Introduction

Laboratory diagnosis and confirmation of Malaria is very essential in fever case management. Malaria Microscopists are, therefore, vital to the diagnosis and their technical skills are relied upon in both
curative and disease surveillance services.Thus, training in malaria microscopy must be sound and must reach high standards. Quality Malaria diagnosis makes healthcare workers and communities at risk have confidence in laboratory results which translates to improved fever case management.
 

Learning Objectives

• Impact knowledge and competency of microscopists, lab scientists and technologists.
• To provide refresher training in all aspects of malaria microscopy based on standardized instructions and revisions.
• Standardize practices between countries performing malaria microscopy and standardize monitoring activities.
• Boost the confidence of mcroscopists and users of diagnostic results.
• Advocate to link training skills learned to a career structure.

Who Should Attend?

• Any individual seeking to develop new technical knowledge and expertise in global health, including those already working in malaria or parasitology programs.
• Laboratory technologists, Laboratory technicians, Laboratory Scientists and pathologists.

Benefits

This is a very practical course with emphasis on the identification of parasites by microscopy using pre-prepared and stained blood films characterized according to WHO standards.

Also to be covered;-

• Staining methods and effects of anticoagulants and drugs on morphology of parasites.
• Determining Parasitemia according to WHO standards.
• Use of non-blood film methods of diagnosis, such as rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and PCR.