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dc.contributor.authorPetti, Cathy A
dc.contributor.authorPolage, Christopher R
dc.contributor.authorQuinn, Thomas C.
dc.contributor.authorRonald, Allan R.
dc.contributor.authorSande, Merle A.
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-30T10:15:07Z
dc.date.available2012-01-30T10:15:07Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationPetti, C.A., Polage, C.R., Quinn, T.C., Ronald, T.A., Sande, M.A. (2006).Laboratory medicine in Africa: a barrier to effective health care. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 42(1)en_US
dc.identifier.issn1058-4838
dc.identifier.uri1058-4838/2006/4203-0012$15.00
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/354
dc.description.abstractProviding health care in sub-Saharan Africa is a complex problem. Recent reports call for more resources to assist in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases that affect this population, but policy makers, clinicians, and the public frequently fail to understand that diagnosis is essential to the prevention and treatment of disease. Access to reliable diagnostic testing is severely limited in this region, and misdiagnosis commonly occurs. Understandably, allocation of resources to diagnostic laboratory testing has not been a priority for resource-limited health care systems, but unreliable and inaccurate laboratory diagnostic testing leads to unnecessary expenditures in a region already plagued by resource shortages, promotes the perception that laboratory testing is unhelpful, and compromises patient care. We explore the barriers to implementing consistent testing within this region and illustrate the need for a more comprehensive approach to the diagnosis of infectious diseases, with an emphasis on making laboratory testing a higher priority.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAcademic Alliance Foundationen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Chicago Pressen_US
dc.subjectLaboratoryen_US
dc.subjectMedicineen_US
dc.subjectHealth Careen_US
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.subjectHIV/AIDSen_US
dc.subjectTuberclosisen_US
dc.subjectMalariaen_US
dc.titleLaboratory medicine in Africa: a barrier to effective health careen_US
dc.typeJournal article, peer revieweden_US


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