Introduction.

In order to strengthen the quality of malaria diagnosis in Colombia, Performance Evaluation Programs (PED) are developed in which private and public laboratories of the country participate.

Objective.

To analyze the results obtained in the malaria evaluation programs of the public and private health laboratories of Colombia from 2015 to 2016.

Materials and methods.

A retrospective study was carried out by reviewing the results obtained by the LSPs and private laboratories participating in the direct and indirect evaluation programs of malaria during the years 2015 and 2016 in terms of participation, concordance of positivity and negativity (Cohen’s Kappa Index), species concordance, parasitic and counting agreement (Z score).

Results.

Participation in PEID increased from 15% in 2015 to 51% in 2016, as well as the total number of sheets sent, which mostly met the criteria established by the National Reference Laboratory (NRL). Participation in the PEDD increased from 88% in 2015 to 94% in 2016, with a Cohen’s Kappa Index of 0.97, an average of parasitic species concordance of 83.3% and parasitic forms of 62.5% and a more frequent parasitic count concordance between -0.9 and 0.9, showing a better performance in 2016.

Conclusion.

Based on the results obtained, it is necessary to promote greater participation of LSPs in malaria PEDs, especially in SIDS, and to increase the participation of private laboratories.

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