Uganda's new national laboratory sample transport system: a successful model for improving access to diagnostic services for Early Infant HIV Diagnosis and other programs.

INTRODUCTION: Uganda scaled-up Early HIV Infant Diagnosis (EID) when simplified methods for testing of infants using dried blood spots (DBS) were adopted in 2006 and sample transport and management was therefore made feasible in rural settings. Before this time only 35% of the facilities that were p...

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Main Authors: Charles Kiyaga, Hakim Sendagire, Eleanor Joseph, Ian McConnell, Jeff Grosz, Vijay Narayan, Godfrey Esiru, Peter Elyanu, Zainab Akol, Wilford Kirungi, Joshua Musinguzi, Alex Opio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3827263?pdf=render