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Status Quo on Point-of-Care Testing in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Special Issue "Status Quo on Point-of-Care Testing in Sub-Saharan Africa"

A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Devices".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 3545

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Prof. Dr. Tivani P. Mashamba-Thompson
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Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Prinshof Campus, Pretoria, South Africa
Interests: implementation of point-of-care diagnistics in resourse-limited setting and underserved populations
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Appropriately utilized point-of-care (POC) diagnostic services have yielded measurable improvements in patient care and workflow efficiency. These services also provide significant financial benefits, particularly in settings with poor access to laboratory infrastructure, such as many locations in sub-Saharan Africa. However, important organizational and quality assurance challenges must be addressed with regard to POC diagnostic services implementation to ensure sustainability in all healthcare environments. Understanding the current status of POC diagnostic services in SSA would be a good starting point for revealing the enablers, challenges and barriers to the successful implementation of these services. This Special Issue is inviting research studies presenting advances and trends in this field within the past five years.

Prof. Dr. Tivani P. Mashamba-Thompson
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Diagnostics is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

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Quality Assurance for Hepatitis C Virus Point-of-Care Diagnostics in Sub-Saharan Africa
by
Evans Duah
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Evans Mantiri Mathebula
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Tivani Mashamba-Thompson
Diagnostics 2023, 13(4), 684; https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13040684 - 12 Feb 2023
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As part of a multinational study to evaluate the Bioline Hepatitis C virus (HCV) point-of-care (POC) testing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), this narrative review summarises regulatory standards and quality indicators for validating and approving HCV clinical diagnostics. In addition, this review also provides [...] Read more.
As part of a multinational study to evaluate the Bioline Hepatitis C virus (HCV) point-of-care (POC) testing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), this narrative review summarises regulatory standards and quality indicators for validating and approving HCV clinical diagnostics. In addition, this review also provides a summary of their diagnostic evaluations using the REASSURED criteria as the benchmark and its implications on the WHO HCV elimination goals 2030. Full article
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Mapping Evidence of Self-Sampling to Diagnose Sexually Transmitted Infections in Women: A Scoping Review
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Ziningi N. Jaya
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Witness Mapanga
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Brian van Niekerk
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Thobeka Dlangalala
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Kabelo Kgarosi
,
Mathias Dzobo
,
Delarise Mulqueeny
and
Tivani P. Mashamba-Thompson
Diagnostics 2022, 12(8), 1803; https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12081803 - 26 Jul 2022
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Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major global healthcare burden, disproportionately affecting women. Self-sampling interventions for diagnostic purposes have the potential to improve STI healthcare management and expand STI services. However, there is currently no published evidence of the global use of [...] Read more.
Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major global healthcare burden, disproportionately affecting women. Self-sampling interventions for diagnostic purposes have the potential to improve STI healthcare management and expand STI services. However, there is currently no published evidence of the global use of self-sampling interventions to diagnose STIs in women. The main aim of this scoping review was to map evidence on the use of self-sampling interventions to diagnose STIs in women. Methodology: The methodology of this scoping review was guided by Arksey and O’Malley and Levac. A comprehensive literature search was conducted in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Medline (EBSCO), ProQuest, and Cochrane. For grey literature, a search was conducted in Open Grey, World Health Organization, Google, and conference proceedings and dissertations. All search results were screened and assessed for eligibility. Thereafter data from eligible studies was extracted and analysed. The quality of these studies was appraised using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool 2018 version. Results: A total of 770 articles were retrieved from databases and grey literature sources. A total of 44 studies were eligible for data extraction following title, abstract and full-text screening. Of the included studies, 63% presented evidence of research conducted in high-income countries and 37% presented evidence in low- and middle-income countries. Studies presented evidence on the following: feasibility of self-sampling in remote areas; acceptance and ease of use of self-sampling interventions; types of self-sampled specimens; pooled samples for diagnosing STIs; laboratory diagnostic assays for STI using self-sampled specimens; and self-testing of self-sampled specimens. Conclusions: Self-sampling interventions are feasible and easy to use and, therefore, can improve STI management and treatment in women across various age groups and various access levels to good-quality healthcare. Despite this, there is a lack of evidence of self-sampling interventions designed according to user preferences. We recommend studies to collaborate with women to co-develop user-friendly self-sampling interventions to diagnose STIs in women. Full article
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