ReviewThe Indian journal of medical research2011
HIV testing in developing countries: what is required?
Review in The Indian journal of medical research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Insights for the future of health system partnerships in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review.BMC health services research · 2020Pooled it
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- Supply chain management and accessibility to point-of-care testing in resource-limited settings: a systematic scoping review.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- External Quality Assessment on CD4+ T-Cell Count Using in-House Proficiency Testing Panels for CD4 Count Laboratories in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2019Article
- Toward Improving Accessibility of Point-of-Care Diagnostic Services for Maternal and Child Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Point of care · 2019Article
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- Laboratory medicine in Africa since 2008: then, now, and the future.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2018Review
- External quality assessment for HIV rapid tests: challenges and opportunities in Haiti.BMJ global health · 2018Article
- Improving the Accessibility and Efficiency of Point-of-Care Diagnostics Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Lean and Agile Supply Chain Management.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Review
- Rethinking the Design of Low-Cost Point-of-Care Diagnostic Devices.Micromachines · 2017Article
- Laboratory Innovation Towards Quality Program Sustainability.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2016Review
- Improved Specimen-Referral System and Increased Access to Quality Laboratory Services in Ethiopia: The Role of the Public-Private Partnership.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2016Article
- Verification of chemistry reference ranges using a simple method in sub-Saharan Africa.African journal of laboratory medicine · 2016Article
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- Evaluation of nine HIV rapid test kits to develop a national HIV testing algorithm in Nigeria.African journal of laboratory medicine · 2015Article
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- Access to CD4 Testing for Rural HIV Patients: Findings from a Cohort Study in Zimbabwe.PloS one · 2015Article
- Ensuring accurate testing for human immunodeficiency virus in Myanmar.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2015Article
- Quantification of plasma HIV RNA using chemically engineered peptide nucleic acids.Nature communications · 2014Article
- The centrality of laboratory services in the HIV treatment and prevention cascade: The need for effective linkages and referrals in resource-limited settings.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2014Review
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Abstract
HIV diagnostic and follow up testing are usually done in laboratory settings. However, in developing countries there is a need to decentralize testing as the majority of the population lives in rural settings. In developing countries stringent quality assurance (QA) practices, which include appropriate training, development of standard operating procedures, maintenance of operator proficiency, routine use of quality control (QC) specimens, standardized data management, equipment calibration and maintenance, and biohazard safety with proper disinfection/disposal procedures are not routinely followed to ensure reliability of results and a safe work environment. The introduction of point-of-care testing technologies involving the use of non-laboratorians in routine testing has further increased the complexity of QA. Therefore, a careful approach towards improvement of laboratories that encourages best practices, coupled with incentives, and review of government policies in point-of-care testing is needed to improve quality of testing as decentralization takes place. Development of a functional laboratory tiered network that facilitates communication, referral, training and problem solving could further enhance confidence in laboratory testing. There is also a need for special considerations in implementing a step-wise approach towards quality improvement, strengthening of the supply chain management, human capacity development, infrastructure upgrade, and strong public private partnerships to ensure long term sustainability of these efforts.
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