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Point-of-care diagnostic tests for low-resource settings

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dc.contributor.author Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet
dc.contributor.author You, Paul
dc.contributor.author Fridley, Gina
dc.contributor.author Mabey, David
dc.contributor.author Peeling, Rosanna
dc.date.accessioned 2019-02-06T14:59:07Z
dc.date.available 2019-02-06T14:59:07Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/5555
dc.description.abstract Point-of-care diagnostic tests (POCTs) can enable health-care workers to provide more rapid and effective care to people in low-resource settings.1 POCTs should ideally meet the WHO's ASSURED criteria2—ie, being affordable, sensitive, specific, user-friendly, rapid and robust, equipment-free, and deliverable. However, this condition is not always possible. Our Brighter Futures project aims to understand the needs, costs, barriers and opportunities that affect the implementation of POCTs and develop a model to implement a POCT to improve maternal and child health-care in Peru. Through this project, we found that few appropriate tests were available. This scarcity in tests results from the fact that the scientists and engineers who design these tests, and the companies who develop and market them, are usually based in affluent countries and are often unaware of real settings and the real needs of the end-users... en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseries Lancet. Global health
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice en_US
dc.subject Attitude of Health Personnel en_US
dc.subject Developing Countries en_US
dc.subject Point-of-Care Systems en_US
dc.subject Health Services Needs and Demand en_US
dc.subject Diagnostic Tests, Routine en_US
dc.subject Health Resources/economics en_US
dc.title Point-of-care diagnostic tests for low-resource settings en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(15)70089-6
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.00
dc.relation.issn 2214-109X


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