Completed | June 2022

Facility Time-Use Observations of the Point-of-Care (POC) and Conventional Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) Process in Zimbabwe

Overview

Country:

Zimbabwe

Subject Matter:

Innovative Technologies; Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health; Pediatric and Adolescent Testing, Care, and Treatment

This Unitaid-funded study evaluated the time-cost of human resource labor hours associated with the use of point-of-care (POC) early infant diagnosis (EID) platforms by facility-level health care workers, compared with conventional testing in Zimbabwe. This study was used to inform the larger cost effectiveness modeling and analysis of POC EID.

Data Collection Period: 06/2018 – 07/2019

Publications and Presentations:

  1. Findings presented at the 27th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, March 2020: “Early Infant Diagnosis: Strengthen Existing Systems or Invest in Point-of-Care?“
  2. Findings published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, July 2020: “Front-Line Human Resource Time-Use for Early Infant HIV Diagnosis: A Comparative Time-Motion Study at Centralized and Point-of-Care Health Facilities in Zimbabwe“

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