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Considerations for the Design and Implementation of Point-of-care Technology for Use in Low- and Middle-income Countries by Kathleen L. Hayes; Marya Lieberman is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Considerations for the Design and Implementation of Point-of-care Technology for Use in Low- and Middle-income Countries about?
Designing technology for point-of-care use in low-and middle-income countries requires understanding of the underlying barriers that contribute to recalcitrant global problems. The only way to understand those barriers is to work with local experts, otherwise you may wind up solving the wrong problem.There is no shortage of new point-of-care (POC) devices being developed for use in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). More than 3,000 articles have been published in the past 10 years describing such technologies, but many factors determine whether a POC technology can be applied to real-world problems.We sought to create a device for assessing the quality of pharmaceuticals in LMICs, where 10.5-13.6% of finished medicines are estimated to be substandard or falsified pharmaceuticals (SFPs). Upwards of US$30 billion per year is wasted on these products, which harm patients and health-care systems 1,2 . The technology used for the pharmaceutical analysis of SFPs requires expensive instruments and supplies, laboratory space and trained users -things not readily available in many LMICs. Our challenge was to create a technology that could be used outside a laboratory setting, by virtu
Who reads Considerations for the Design and Implementation of Point-of-care Technology for Use in Low- and Middle-income Countries?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.
- Author
- Kathleen L. Hayes; Marya Lieberman
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Physical Sciences)