Point-of-Care Tests to Strengthen Health Systems and Save Newborn Lives: The Case of Syphilis
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- 12 June 2012
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 9 (6), e1001233
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001233
Abstract
Rosanna Peeling and colleagues describe their experience of introducing point-of-care testing to screen for syphilis in pregnant women living in low- and middle-income countries.Keywords
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