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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2023-01-01
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Series: | PLOS Global Public Health |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001179 |
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