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ArticleAfrican journal of laboratory medicine2020

Building diagnostic systems in Sierra Leone: The role of point-of-care devices in laboratory strengthening.

Rashid Ansumana, Fatmata Bah, Kan Biao, Doris Harding, Mohamed B Jalloh, Ann H Kelly, Francess Koker, Zikan Koroma, Mambu Momoh, Mohamed H Rogers and 4 more

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Article in African journal of laboratory medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Rashid AnsumanaSchool of Community Health Sciences, Njala University, Bo, Sierra Leone.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1973-7200
Fatmata BahKings Sierra Leone Partnership, King's Centre for Global Health and Health Partnerships, Freetown, Sierra Leone.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1791-3143
Kan BiaoSierra Leone-China Friendship Biological Safety Laboratory, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6141-4552
Doris HardingPublic Health Laboratories, Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2770-6914
Mohamed B JallohDepartment of Community Health, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9048-2952
Ann H KellyGlobal Health and Social Medicine, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4658-2133
Francess KokerKings Sierra Leone Partnership, King's Centre for Global Health and Health Partnerships, Freetown, Sierra Leone.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0515-6560
Zikan KoromaSierra Leone-China Friendship Biological Safety Laboratory, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4512-8038
Mambu MomohKenema Government Hospital, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium, Kenema, Sierra Leone.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7091-1027
Mohamed H RogersCollege of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3414-606X
James RogersLaboratory Technical Working Group, Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3252-5779
Alice StreetSchool of Social and Political Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7874-0234
Eva VernooijSchool of Social and Political Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4745-116X
Isatta WurieCollege of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4707-5563

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMCPMC7203302

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