Operational challenges and mitigation strategies in preparing malaria quality control panels

Conflict of interest statement

The author declared no conflicts of interest concerning the authorship and publication of this short article.

Ethical approval

The study was approved by the Institutional Ethical Committee of ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi, vide letter number-NIMR/EC/2009/2 dated 09.01.2009.

Funding

The authors received no extramural funding for the study.

Authors' contributions

Naseem Ahmed: Original manuscript writing, concept development, literature search, editing; Piyush Choudhary: Manuscript editing, literature search; Supriya Sharma: Editing and proof reading; Anupkumar R Anvikar: Overall monitoring, proof reading; Praveen Kumar Bharti: Manuscript development, manuscript editing, overall monitoring, proof reading.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the Indian Council of Medical Research- National Institute of Malaria Research for conducting field tours related to the quality control panel preparation. Our thanks also extend to those who cooperated with us in the fieldwork.

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