Opportunities and Challenges for Cost-Efficient Implementation of New Point-of-Care Diagnostics for HIV and Tuberculosis

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dc.contributor.authorSchito, Marco
dc.contributor.authorPeter, Trevor F.
dc.contributor.authorCavanaugh, Sean
dc.contributor.authorPiatek, Amy S.
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Gloria J.
dc.contributor.authorAlexander, Heather
dc.contributor.authorCoggin, William
dc.contributor.authorDomingo, Gonzalo J.
dc.contributor.authorEllenberger, Dennis
dc.contributor.authorErmantraut, Eugen
dc.contributor.authorJani, Ilesh V.
dc.contributor.authorKatamba, Achilles
dc.contributor.authorPalamountain, Kara M.
dc.contributor.authorEssajee, Shaffiq
dc.contributor.authorDowdy, David W.
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-15T10:28:45Z
dc.date.available2023-01-15T10:28:45Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractStakeholders agree that supporting high-quality diagnostics is essential if we are to continue to make strides in the fight against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis. Despite the need to strengthen existing laboratory infrastructure, which includes expanding and developing new laboratories, there are clear diagnostic needs where conventional laboratory support is insufficient. Regarding HIV, rapid point-of-care (POC) testing for initial HIV diagnosis has been successful, but several needs remain. For tuberculosis, several new diagnostic tests have recently been endorsed by the World Health Organization, but a POC test remains elusive. Human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis are coendemic in many high prevalence locations, making parallel diagnosis of these conditions an important consideration. Despite its clear advantages, POC testing has important limitations, and laboratory-based testing will continue to be an important component of future diagnostic networks. Ideally, a strategic deployment plan should be used to define where and how POC technologies can be most efficiently and cost effectively integrated into diagnostic algorithms and existing test networks prior to widespread scale-up. In this fashion, the global community can best harness the tremendous capacity of novel diagnostics in fighting these 2 scourges.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSchito, M., Peter, T. F., Cavanaugh, S., Piatek, A. S., Young, G. J., Alexander, H., ... & Dowdy, D. W. (2012). Opportunities and challenges for cost-efficient implementation of new point-of-care diagnostics for HIV and tuberculosis. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 205(suppl_2), S169-S180. DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis044en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1093/infdis/jis044
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6936
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Infectious Diseasesen_US
dc.subjectImplementationen_US
dc.subjectPoint-of-Care Diagnosticsen_US
dc.subjectHIVen_US
dc.subjectTuberculosisen_US
dc.titleOpportunities and Challenges for Cost-Efficient Implementation of New Point-of-Care Diagnostics for HIV and Tuberculosisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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