Expedited Results System to Improve Early Infant Diagnosis

 
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Region: 
Africa & Middle East
Country: 
Mozambique
Partners: 
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI);
SMS2Printer;
Ministry of Health / National Institutes of Health, Mozambique;
Activities: 

After a successful 2009 pilot, Mozambique has nationally rolled out SMS printers in 2010. The results of infant HIV tests are electronically transmitted from two central reference laboratories in Maputo and the northern provincial capital, Nampula, to more than 275 health centres. This reduced the time it took for clinics to receive test results from reference labs from an average of about three weeks to about three days.

Further reading: 

PlusNews 2010, Mozambique: Technology Revolution Hits HIV Testing and Treatment, 25 Oct. 2010

SMS2Printer 2010, Innovative Expedited Results System (ERS) Greatly Improves Quality of Mozambique Early Infant Diagnosis Program, Case study

[added Feb. 2011]

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