2019
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4351-3
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Supply chain management and accessibility to point-of-care testing in resource-limited settings: a systematic scoping review

Abstract: Background World Health Organization (WHO) has created an essential list of in-vitro diagnostics. Supply chain management (SCM) is said to be the vehicle that ensures that developed point-of-care (POC) tests reach their targeted settings for use. We therefore, mapped evidence on SCM of and accessibility to POC testing (availability and use of POC tests) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Methods We conducted a systematic scoping review using Arksey and O’Malle… Show more

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“…The longest time the device was out of stock was a median of 6 weeks. In Uganda, malaria diagnostic tests were only available in 24% of 125 lower healthcare facilities, and 72% of community healthcare workers did not receive malaria testing kits for 6 month [ 2 ]. In antennal clinics in Guatemala, almost half of women could not be tested for HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis B, in part because of stock outs [ 2 , 77 ].…”
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“…The longest time the device was out of stock was a median of 6 weeks. In Uganda, malaria diagnostic tests were only available in 24% of 125 lower healthcare facilities, and 72% of community healthcare workers did not receive malaria testing kits for 6 month [ 2 ]. In antennal clinics in Guatemala, almost half of women could not be tested for HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis B, in part because of stock outs [ 2 , 77 ].…”
Section: The Marketmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Uganda, malaria diagnostic tests were only available in 24% of 125 lower healthcare facilities, and 72% of community healthcare workers did not receive malaria testing kits for 6 month [ 2 ]. In antennal clinics in Guatemala, almost half of women could not be tested for HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis B, in part because of stock outs [ 2 , 77 ]. Test kit stock outs are also reported from Uganda and Tanzania [ 78 ] and are a major concern to healthcare providers [ 49 ].…”
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“…The absence of parasitological diagnostic capacities from nearly a quarter of hospitals preclude implementation of universal test and treat policy for malaria. During the past decade lack of malaria diagnostics has been reported from the peripheral facilities across Africa [ 16 , 17 ] however this has not been common finding at the hospitals where malaria microscopy has been the traditional mainstay of the laboratory services [ 12 , 18 ]. Furthermore, when malaria microscopy is provided at the study hospitals, the basic microscopy practices such as smear preparations, staining, parasite differentiation and density reporting were largely in discordance with national standards [ 4 ].…”
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“…The included primary articles were appraised using the appropriate study designs as stipulated by the MMAT. The percentage quality score of all the included primary articles was then calculated for each and interpreted as ≤50%-low quality, 51-75% -averagequality, and 76-100%-high quality (30).…”
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