Publications by authors named "Reshma Kakkar"
Article Synopsis
- This case report details the establishment of a national Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) in Vietnam, focusing on clinical and public health laboratories, and it aims to evaluate its outcomes and sustainability.
- The implementation of LIMS software at 38 laboratories was successful, with users finding it beneficial and decreasing costs and deployment time over time.
- The project fostered collaboration between local implementers and a global LIMS community, highlighting the importance of local development and support for creating a sustainable lab informatics program.
Background: In countries where antiretroviral therapy has been available or is being rapidly expanded, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends surveillance for transmitted HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) by threshold surveillance methods using specimens from antenatal clinics or voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) sites. The aim of this study was to implement the HIVDR threshold survey in VCT sites in Vietnam, where HIV prevalence is high. Estimating transmitted resistance in the infected population will enable the appropriateness of current antiretroviral drug regimens to be assessed and will inform plans for future HIVDR surveillance.
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