Acronyms
HIV
What is Human Immunodeficiency Virus?
Of the estimated 2.5 million children in the world living with an HIV infection, 2.3 million were in this part of the world.
What is sub-Saharan Africa?
This is a core protein that surrounds the RNA genome within the HIV virus.
What is p24?
In many developing parts of sub-Saharan Africa, baby formula feeding could be more dangerous due to the scarcity of this.
What is safe drinking water?
The probability of the mother transmitting HIV to her infant is about 5-10% during pregnancy, 10-20% during labor and delivery, and 10-20% during what process?
What is breastfeeding?
POC (as it relates to the case)
What is Point-of-Care?
This new HIV test takes 30 minutes and could be used starting 6 weeks after birth.
What is the p24 test?
This program was characterized by long delays (on the order of 2-3 months) between sample collection and delivery back to the health facilities.
What is Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) Program?
The price of each of these devices runs about $400-$700.
What is the POC testing device?
Supply chain management systems (SCMS) was worried about the distribution of consumables and exposure to the elements. Specifically, this element.
What is temperature?
LANDMINE: What is the relationship between the operational performance and the health outcomes of patients? How would you quantify this effect?
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Without diagnosis and access to these drugs, 50% of infants exposed to HIV die before the age of two.
What are ARV drugs?
This method of testing uses blood collected on a filter paper card and facilitates the transport of samples over long distances.
What is dried blood spot testing?
These items under the POC testing device were sold in packages of ten or fifty at about $7-$15.
What are consumables?
This government organization and stakeholder (in Ektu) has the ultimate decision-making authority on point of care testing.
What is the Ministry of Health?
MTCT
What is Mother to Child Transmission?
The p24(POC) test has this level of sensitivity, indicating the rate of true positives.
What is 95%?
Dried blood spot samples were often transported to a central lab by this individual.
What is a NGO courier?
The cost per test of this method was approximately $20-$90 (excluding transportation).
What is dried blood spot (DBS) testing?
LANDMINE: What metrics should be used to evaluate the new point-of-care device relative to the current laboratory-based DBS testing?
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DNA PCR
What is deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase chain reaction?
This inexpensive antibody test used to detect HIV in adults was not effective in diagnosing infants younger than 18 months of age.
What is the ELISA antibody test?
LANDMINE: How would characterize the performance of the current system for diagnosing infants in Ektu? Why?
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This test requires expensive equipment, high standards of quality control and assurance, an uninterrupted power supply, air conditioning and a sterile environment.
What is DNA PCR testing?
Point of care devices were being introduced in sub-Saharan Africa for HIV monitoring and this other condition.
What is tuberculosis?