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Operational assessment of point-of-care diagnostics in rural primary healthcare clinics of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a cross-sectional survey

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3207-6

Published Online: 2018-05-29

Published Print: 2018-12

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Authors

Mashamba-Thompson, T. P. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4193-2416
Sartorius, B.

Drain, P. K.
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

University of KwaZulu-Natal, College of Health Sciences

African Population and Health Research Center

South African Centre of Excellence for Epidemiology and Modelling Analysis

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease of the National Institutes of Health (K23 AI108293)
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Article History

Received: 23 January 2017

Accepted: 15 May 2018

First Online: 29 May 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: This study was approved by the KZN Department of Health’s Ethics Committee (approval number: HRKM 40/15) and the University of KZN Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (approval number: BE484/14). Permission was obtained from the KZN district health managers prior to conducting the study. All study participants signed an informed consent prior to participating in the study.

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