Open AccessBuilding and Sustaining Optimized Diagnostic Networks to Scale-up HIV Viral Load and Early Infant Diagnosis
Author(s) -
George Alemnji,
Trevor Peter,
Lara Vojnov,
Heather Alexander,
Clement Zeh,
Jennifer Cohn,
D. Heather Watts,
Smiljka de Lussigny
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000002367
Subject(s) - procurement , referral , medicine , scale (ratio) , turnaround time , diagnostic test , business , family medicine , operations management , pediatrics , marketing , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
Progress toward meeting the UNAIDS 2014 HIV treatment (90-90-90) targets has been slow in some countries because of gaps in access to HIV diagnostic tests. Emerging point-of-care (POC) molecular diagnostic technologies for HIV viral load (VL) and early infant diagnosis (EID) may help reduce diagnostic gaps. However, these technologies need to be implemented in a complementary and strategic manner with laboratory-based instruments to ensure optimization.