Table 4. Performance of laboratory professionals on the identification of Plasmodium species at private and government health facilities in Bahir Dar city administration from January to March 2017.

Species identification by	Laboratory	Validators’ results			Sensitivity	Specificity	Agreement	Kappa
health facilities	professionals result	Positive	Negative	Total		%
Government Hospitals	Correct	110	3	113	48.9	97.8	67.2	0.4
	Incorrect	115	132	247
	Total	225	135	360
Government health centers	Correct	81	0	81	73.6	100	83.5	0.69
	Incorrect	29	66	95
	Total	110	66	176
Private Hospitals	Correct	53	4	57	53	93	68	0.41
	Incorrect	47	56	103
	Total	110	60	160