The integration of tuberculosis and HIV testing on GeneXpert can substantially improve access and same-day diagnosis and benefit tuberculosis programmes: A diagnostic network optimization analysis in Zambia.

Diagnostic network optimization (DNO), a geospatial optimization technique, can improve access to diagnostics and reduce costs through informing policy-makers' decisions on diagnostic network changes. In Zambia, viral load (VL) testing and early infant diagnosis (EID) for HIV has been performed...

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Main Authors: Sarah Girdwood, Mayank Pandey, Trevor Machila, Ranjit Warrier, Juhi Gautam, Mpande Mukumbwa-Mwenechanya, Mariet Benade, Kameko Nichols, Lunda Shibemba, Joseph Mwewa, Judith Mzyece, Patrick Lungu, Heidi Albert, Brooke Nichols, Powell Choonga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001179