Table 1.

Composite assessment scores (%) for individual modules and the general indicator

Category	Overall mean score	National-level mean score (range)	RMSCS mean score (range)
General indicator	83.0	84.7 (81–87)	82.8 (66–88)
Premises quality	87.2	79.3 (66–91)	88.9 (44–100)
Specimen collection	86.7	84.3 (80–90)	87.2 (64–98)
Biosafety	86.9	76.7 (71–85)	89.1 (71–97)
Quality management	94.1	94.3 (91–100)	94.0 (78–100)
Public health functions	84.0	80.0 (65–94)	84.9 (54–100)
Supplies management	89.8	85.3 (77–90)	90.8 (81–97)
Equipment availability	86.4	93.0 (89–100)	85.0 (62–99)
Budget and finance	94.6	81.7 (45–100)	97.4 (90–100)
Data management	91.8	89.3 (78–96)	92.3 (74–100)
Microbiological capacity	66.0	97.7 (93–100)	59.2 (24–97)
Staffing	68.4	83.3 (67–100)	65.2 (17–100)
Training and supervision	67.0	78.3 (74–82)	64.6 (38–96)
Information technology	70.0	61.0 (53–70)	71.9 (42–92)
Communications	90.1	98.3 (95–100)	88.4 (74–100)

RMSC, regional medical science centres.