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Factors influencing uptake of COVID-19 diagnostics in Sub-Saharan Africa: a rapid scoping review

2024-06-03

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<h4>Background</h4> Diagnostics are critical for preventing COVID-19 transmission, enabling disease management and engagement with care. However, COVID-19 testing uptake remained low in low- and middle- income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) during the recent pandemic, due to issues of supply, access and acceptability. Early studies conducted outside of the region provide insight into uptake of COVID-19 test...

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10.1101/2024.06.03.24308387
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