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Patient needs and point-of-care requirements for HIV load testing in resource-limited settings

Usdin M, Guillerm M, Calmy A
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Patient needs and point-of-care requirements for HIV load testing in resource-limited settings | Journal Article / Commentary | MSF Science Portal
Abstract
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international, independent medical nongovernmental organization. One way in which MSF acts to improve patient care is to assist in the identification and development of adapted and appropriate tools for use in resource-limited settings. One strategy to achieve this goal is through active collaborations with scientists and developers, to make some of the field needs known and to help define the medical strategy behind the implementation of new diagnostic tests. Tests used in the field need to be effective in often extreme conditions and must also deliver high-quality, reliable results that can be used in the local context. In this article, we discuss some patient and health care provider needs for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) load measurement in resource-limited settings. This is just one of the areas in which effective, quality tools are desperately needed, not only by MSF and other international nongovernmental organizations, but also by many other health service providers. We hope that, by clearly defining the needs of patients in MSF clinics-as well as we can assess this-and by explaining why these tools are needed, how they should perform, and how their results can be integrated into a program, we will encourage the development of such tools and hasten their implementation in areas where they are so urgently needed.

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tuberculosisdiagnostics

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English
DOI
10.1086/650384
Published Date
15 Apr 2010
PubMed ID
20225951
Journal
Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume | Issue | Pages
Volume 201, Issue s1
Issue Date
2010-04-15
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