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South Africa’s experience with provision of quality HIV diagnostic services

Natasha M. Gous, Leigh Berrie, Patience Dabula, Wendy Stevens
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine | Vol 5, No 2 | a436 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v5i2.436 | © 2016 Natasha M. Gous, Leigh Berrie, Patience Dabula, Wendy Stevens | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 11 March 2016 | Published: 17 October 2016

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Natasha M. Gous, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg and National Priority Program of the NHLS, Johannesburg, South Africa
Leigh Berrie, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg and National Priority Program of the NHLS, Johannesburg, South Africa
Patience Dabula, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
Wendy Stevens, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg and National Priority Program of the NHLS, Johannesburg and Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Keywords

South Africa; diagnostic testing; laboratory; Quality assurance; Point of care; HIV

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