Editorial

Point-of-care testing: Connecting communities in Africa and ensuring equity in access to health and diagnostics

Rajiv T. Erasmus
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine | Vol 11, No 1 | a2072 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v11i1.2072 | © 2022 Rajiv Timothy Erasmus | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 31 August 2022 | Published: 13 December 2022

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Rajiv T. Erasmus, Department of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

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Keywords

Point of Care; Africa; Diagnostics; Equity; Communities; Quality; Connectivity

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