Business Partnership Facility

Reliable biomedical analyses for better access to care

Project leader

ESfEQA GmbH (Germany)

Local partner

Spectrum Biomedical Services (Nigeria)

Amount of co-financing

EUR 37,565

Nigeria
2023
Completed

Challenge

In Nigeria, around 85% of public and private laboratories do not take part in any external assessment program for the quality of their analyses, due to a lack of both funding and experience. This lack of evaluation has a direct influence on the reliability of the tests carried out, which are then used as a basis for diagnosing patients and choosing their treatment.

Innovative solution

The partners are setting up a program to assess the quality of analyses carried out by Nigerian laboratories in the Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt and Enugu regions. Following these assessments, the laboratories receive training and support from the partners to improve the quality of their analyses.

Achieved impact

Participation of 100 laboratories in the external evaluation program set up by the partners. These laboratories received personalised support and recommendations to improve the quality of their results.
The laboratories can now provide more reliable test results to Nigerian hospitals and patients, thereby improving the quality of care.

Photo credit: ESfEQA GmbH

Achieved Sustainable Development Goals

By improving the reliability of laboratory results, the project is preventing faulty results which endanger patients’ health and can lead to unnecessary costs.
The partners have raised awareness among the Nigerian laboratories they support about how to improve the quality of their analyses.