Report of the East African Intercountry Meeting on Strengthening Capacity for Post Market Surveillance of Diagnostics & the East African RegionalExternal Quality Assessment Scheme

Overview

EA-REQAS in brief In 2000, the Ministries of Health of Kenya, Tanzania Mainland, Zanzibar and Uganda, in collaboration with the African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF) and World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters, established a pilot project to develop and implement an East African Regional External Quality Assessment Scheme (EA-REQAS) with the overall goal of improving the quality of essential diagnostic services in peripheral health facilities. The main focus of EA-REQAS is to involve national and local administrations in the coordination and implementation of the scheme, and to share resources and experiences across the three countries.