Task sharing for point-of-care testing: Review of national health policies and implementation landscape in 19 African countries
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Global Health and Surgery
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Zibusiso Ndlovu
raw_affiliation_strings: Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
Southern African Medical Unit (SAMU), Medecins Sans Frontières, Cape Town, South Africa
raw_author_name: Mariamo Ibraimo Assane
raw_affiliation_strings: African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
raw_author_name: Francis Ocen
raw_affiliation_strings: African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
raw_author_name: Ki-zerbo Charles Lamou
raw_affiliation_strings: African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
raw_author_name: Musonda Mandona
raw_affiliation_strings: Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia
raw_author_name: Fingani Mphande-Nyasulu
raw_affiliation_strings: Faculty of Medicine, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand
raw_author_name: Emmanuel Kabwe
raw_affiliation_strings: Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, Kazan, Russia
raw_author_name: Noah Takah Fongwen
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre for Laboratory Diagnostics and Systems, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
raw_author_name: Halifa Mbae Said
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre for Laboratory Diagnostics and Systems, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
raw_author_name: Omolara Emmanuel
raw_affiliation_strings: National AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and STIs Control Program, Department of Public Health, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Abuja, Nigeria
raw_author_name: Emeka Elom
raw_affiliation_strings: Medical Laboratory Services Division at Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Abuja, Nigeria
raw_author_name: Sandra Chipuka
raw_affiliation_strings: Ministry of Health and Child-Care, Harare, Zimbabwe
raw_author_name: Susan Nabadda
raw_affiliation_strings: National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda
raw_author_name: Joseph Bitilinyu-Bangoh
raw_affiliation_strings: National Public Health Laboratory Services, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Lilongwe, Malawi
raw_author_name: Grace Lesuk
raw_affiliation_strings: National Health Laboratory Services, Ministry of Health, Juba, South Sudan
raw_author_name: Nancy Bowen
raw_affiliation_strings: Division of National Laboratory Services, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya
raw_author_name: Diomandé Adama
raw_affiliation_strings: Ministry of Health, Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire
raw_author_name: Koleka Mlisana
raw_affiliation_strings: National Health Laboratory Services, Johannesburg, South Africa
raw_author_name: Jaya A. George
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Chemical Pathology, National Health Laboratory Services and University of the Witwatersrand, Wits Diagnostic and Innovation Hub, Johannesburg, South Africa
raw_author_name: Daniel Melese
raw_affiliation_strings: Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
raw_author_name: Gonfa Ayana
raw_affiliation_strings: Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
raw_author_name: Rollin Ndombe
raw_affiliation_strings: Médecins Sans Frontières, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
raw_author_name: Cheryl Case Johnson
raw_affiliation_strings: World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
raw_author_name: Anne Bekelynck
raw_affiliation_strings: World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
raw_author_name: Pascale Ondoa
raw_affiliation_strings: Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, University of Amsterdam, Department of Global Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland
raw_author_name: Marguerite Massinga Loembé
raw_affiliation_strings: Consultant, Health Systems Strengthening and Diagnostics, Libreville, Gabon
raw_author_name: Tom Ellman
raw_affiliation_strings: Southern African Medical Unit (SAMU), Medecins Sans Frontières, Cape Town, South Africa
raw_author_name: Nqobile Ndlovu
raw_affiliation_strings: African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
raw_author_name: Geoffrey Fatti
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raw_author_name: Collins Otieno Odhiambo
raw_affiliation_strings: African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia