Tropical Laboratory Initiative: An innovative model for laboratory medicine in rural areas

• Main Authors: Zelda R. Moran (Author), Atta B. Frimpong (Author), Pablo Castañeda-Casado (Author), Francis K. Frimpong (Author), Manuela B. de Lorenzo (Author), Yanis Ben Amor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Communities in rural, low-resource settings often lack access to reliable diagnostics. This leads to missed and misdiagnosed cases of disease and contributes to morbidity and mortality. Objective: This paper describes a model for providing local laboratory services to rural areas of Ghan...