Reduced test reporting timeline for HIV-positive babies

 
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Region: 
Africa & Middle East
Country: 
Kenya
Partners: 
NetHope;
Care;
CDC;
Kenyan Ministry of Health;
Activities: 

Up to now it can take three months before results from HIV tests would be reported. For a baby such a long delay in starting treament is fatal. In order to dramatically reduce the reporting timeline, several organizations and the Kenyan Ministry of Health teamed up to develop a solution based on mobile phone technology and cloud computing, replacing the current paper-based process. A scalable internet platform allows to gather data on a central server, structure workflows, deliver test results and  and produce activity reports on short notice. The partners expect that implementation of this platform can reduce the timeline for test result delivery to 2 weeks, allowing for appropriate, timely treatment.

Further reading: 

NetHope.org 2011, How the Mobile Health Platform gives hope to HIV -positive babies for a normal life, NetHub Blog-post, 1 Dec. 2011

[last updated 7 Dec. 2011]

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