Access to laboratory testing at primary health facilities in Malawi, Uganda and Zimbabwe

Briefing

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 1 January 2014

• Country: Malawi, Uganda, Zimbabwe
• Document Type: Briefing
• Theme: Health

Abstract

The key points of this briefing are as follows:

• Decentralisation of HIV treatment to primary health facilities is essential to increase coverage of antiretroviral therapy (ART)
• There is limited access to laboratory tests at primary health facilities in Malawi, Uganda and Zimbabwe
• Simple, cheap point-of-care tests need to be developed to improve access to tests for monitoring before ART as well as diagnosis of illnesses and lack of laboratory tests for monitoring treatment response should not be a barrier to initiating ART.

Citation

Anon. Access to laboratory testing at primary health facilities in Malawi, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Lablite briefing paper (2014) (1) 3 pp.

Links

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Published 1 January 2014