Lay testing cadres and point-of-care diagnostic tests for HIV and other diseases: An essential combination in health service delivery
Open Access
- 24 November 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 18 (11), e1003867
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003867
Abstract
Zibusiso Ndlovu and Tom Ellman discuss the potential value of task sharing in provision of testing for HIV and other infectious diseases.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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