TABLE 4.

Star rating of all laboratories between baseline and final assessments using the World Health Organization Regional Headquarters for Africa Stepwise Laboratory Quality Improvement Toward Accreditation (WHO–AFRO–SLIPTA) checklist.

Star rating	Baseline: January 2010	Final: January 2011†
0 stars	24	7
1 star	1	8
2 stars	0	5
3 stars	0	4
4 stars	0	0
5 stars	0	0

Source: Original data

^†Tuberculosis laboratory was not assessed at the end of SLMTA.