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Harnessing innovative HIV point-of-contact testing for health systems strengthening: early lessons from Zimbabwe

Ncube, V; Chataway, J; (2019) Harnessing innovative HIV point-of-contact testing for health systems strengthening: early lessons from Zimbabwe. Innovation and Development , 9 (2) pp. 287-304. 10.1080/2157930X.2019.1567851. Green open access

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Abstract

Questions linking social needs with new technologies have continued to be raised but only very recently have they begun to occupy more of the centre-stage in innovation policy debates. In this narrative review, we draw from innovation and health systems literature and thinking to trace and analyse the deployment and uptake of innovative point-of-care testing in the early infant diagnosis of HIV in Zimbabwe, one of 15 UNITAID supported early adopter countries. Following a literature review and discussions with policy-makers in Zimbabwe, we distil key lessons from this implementation context and delineate the implications of our findings for the debates on new technological and socio-economic approaches and the health systems strengthening agenda in low-middle income countries (LMICs). We conclude this article by proposing new avenues for future research.

Type: Article
Title: Harnessing innovative HIV point-of-contact testing for health systems strengthening: early lessons from Zimbabwe
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/2157930X.2019.1567851
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1080/2157930X.2019.1567851
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Zimbabwe, health systems strengthening, integration, knowledge flows, HIV point of care testing
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > STEaPP
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10067981
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