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The global inequity of COVID-19 diagnostics : challenges and opportunities

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Date
06/10/2022
Author
Narayanasamy, Shanti
Okware, Brenda
Muttamba, Winters
Patel, Kirtika
Duedu, Kwabena Obeng
Ravi, Nirmal
Ellermeier, Nathan
Shey, Muki
Woods, Christopher W
Sabiiti, Wilber
COVID-19 Clinical Research Coalition, Virology, Immunology, and Diagnostics Working Group
Keywords
COVID-19
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
T-DAS
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Abstract
Diagnostics for COVID-19 have advanced at an unprecedented pace over the last two years. Testing is a critical pillar of pandemic control, and is required for epidemiological tracking, treatment, and surveillance. Despite high quality SARS-CoV-2 viral diagnostic capability, there are vast global inequities in access. The Virology, Immunology, and Diagnostics Working Group(WG) of the COVID-19 Clinical Research Coalition (CRC) brings together experts in immunology, infectious diseases, and microbiology to advocate for equity-based COVID-19 research, prioritising solutions driven by communities in low-income and lower middle-income countries (LMICs).1 This commentary shares the unique perspective of the WG on the asymmetry in COVID-19 diagnostic access between low-income and high-income settings, the barriers to these disparities, and highlights opportunities to remedy these inequities.
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Narayanasamy , S , Okware , B , Muttamba , W , Patel , K , Duedu , K O , Ravi , N , Ellermeier , N , Shey , M , Woods , C W , Sabiiti , W & COVID-19 Clinical Research Coalition, Virology, Immunology, and Diagnostics Working Group 2022 , ' The global inequity of COVID-19 diagnostics : challenges and opportunities ' , Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , vol. Early . https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2022-219333
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Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2022-219333
ISSN
0143-005X
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This work has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies or with permission. Permission for further reuse of this content should be sought from the publisher or the rights holder. This is the author created accepted manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2022-219333.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/26048

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