Task shifting routine inpatient pediatric HIV testing improves program outcomes in urban Malawi: a retrospective observational study.

This study evaluated two models of routine HIV testing of hospitalized children in a high HIV-prevalence resource-constrained African setting. Both models incorporated "task shifting," or the allocation of tasks to the least-costly, capable health worker.Two models were piloted for three m...

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Main Authors: Eric D McCollum, Geoffrey A Preidis, Mark M Kabue, Emmanuel B M Singogo, Charles Mwansambo, Peter N Kazembe, Mark W Kline
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2835755?pdf=render

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