
HIV Antibody NEQAS panel 21 (1/15) and panel 22(2/15) were distributed to 275 public laboratories, 40 laboratories of AIDS/STD Control Teams, 64 laboratories of 11 INGOs and 1 laboratory of Private Hospital.
Currently, a total of seventy-six laboratories (34 laboratories are General Hospital laboratories, Public Health Laboratory (Mandalay), National Blood Centre, 41 AIDS/STD control Teams and 1 Private Laboratory) participated in the National External Quality Assessment Scheme for Syphilis Antibody Testing (RPR).
National Health laboratory has conducted EQA for 29 public hospital laboratories.
In 2015, a total of 82 sputum microscopy laboratories participated in the program including 39 public hospital laboratories ( CentraV Teaching/ State/ Regional Hospitals), 13 State /Regional TB Centers, 26 Senior TB Laboratory Supervisors and controllers, and 4 NGOs laboratories.
In 2015, NHL increased the number of participating laboratory to the NEQAS for CD4 count testing gradually from 23 to 41. The program primarily aimed to cover the public laboratories first.
Since 2010, NHL has conducted EQA for 46 public hospital laboratories.
In 2015, a total of 87 hospital laboratories of Myanmar participated in NEQAS for malaria microscopy, including 15 central-hospital laboratories, 10 state-hospital laboratories, 7 regional-hospital laboratories, 21 district-hospital laboratories, 32 township-hospital laboratories, and 2 military-hospital laboratories
A total of 17 hospital laboratories of Yangon participated in NEQAS Parasitology including 8 central, 3 district, 4 township hospitals and 2 military hospital laboratories.
A total of 30 laboratories participated in the EQA program for Mycology .