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Laboratory Diagnostics Performance in Uganda: A Survey of Test Availability and Constraints Across 100 Laboratories

2021-09-23

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<h4>Background: </h4> Clinical laboratory services are a critical component of the health system for effective disease diagnosis, treatment, control and prevention. However, many laboratories in Sub Saharan Africa remain dysfunctional. The high costs of tests in the private sector also remain a hindrance to accessing testing services. This study aimed at assessing the functionality of laboratories based on test me...

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Literature Corpus work: a34afe59-16ec-5b2e-af34-a17e2d48bb71
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-842323/v1

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