Point-of-Care Tests to Strengthen Health Systems and Save Newborn Lives: The Case of Syphilis

نویسندگان

  • David C. Mabey
  • Kimberly A. Sollis
  • Helen A. Kelly
  • Adele S. Benzaken
  • Edward Bitarakwate
  • John Changalucha
  • Xiang-Sheng Chen
  • Yue-Ping Yin
  • Patricia J. Garcia
  • Susan Strasser
  • Namwinga Chintu
  • Tikki Pang
  • Fern Terris-Prestholt
  • Sedona Sweeney
  • Rosanna W. Peeling
چکیده

1 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, 2 Alfredo da Matta Foundation, Manaus, Brazil, 3 Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Kampala, Uganda, 4 National Institute of Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania, 5 The National Center for Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Center for Disease Control, Nanjing, China, 6 The Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, 7 Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Lusaka, Zambia, 8 Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, 9 Research Policy & Cooperation (RPC/IER), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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دوره 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012