National laboratory policies and plans in sub-Saharan African countries: gaps and opportunities
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National laboratory policies and plans in sub-Saharan African countries: gaps and opportunities
BACKGROUND The 2008 Maputo Declaration calls for the development of dedicated national laboratory policies and strategic plans supporting the enhancement of laboratory services in response to the long-lasting relegation of medical laboratory systems in sub-Saharan Africa. OBJECTIVES This study describes the extent to which laboratories are addressed in the national health policies and plans c...
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Laboratory Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2225-2010,2225-2002
DOI: 10.4102/ajlm.v6i1.578