Quality assurance as an integral component of diagnostic testing in clinical laboratories and point-of-care testing: The Uganda experience
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Uganda is classified as a high burden HIV country with an estimated 1.6 million people living with HIV/AIDS and 140 000 new cases reported annually (Table 1; Figure 1).1 Being one of only two countries where incidence was on the rise in 2013, HIV remains a major public health problem in Uganda.2 HIV prevalence varies across the country, being highest in the Central region and near urban centres and lowest in the mid-eastern and West Nile regions.
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دوره 5 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016