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

Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet; Fridley, Gina; You, Paul; Peeling, Rosanna; Mabey, David

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