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