Figure 1. Performance of the various laboratories at baseline to exit audit as measured by the WHO-AFRO SLIPTA checklist.

Numbers (0–5) on the bars represent the WHO/AFRO star rating. FMC: Federal Medical Center Owerri; GH: General Hospital Lagos; GH: General Hospital Calabar; DLHMH: Dr Lawrence Henshaw Memorial Hospital, Calabar; CH: Central Hospital Benin; IDH: Infectious Disease Hospital Kano,