Weighing the costs: Implementing the SLMTA programme in Zimbabwe using internal versus external facilitators

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Authors

Edwin Shumba · Zimbabwe National Quality Assurance Program

Phoebe Nzombe · Zimbabwe National Quality Assurance Program

Absolom Mbinda · Zimbabwe National Quality Assurance Program

Raiva Simbi · Ministry of Health and Child Welfare

Douglas Mangwanya · Ministry of Health and Child Welfare

Peter H. Kilmarx · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Elizabeth T. Luman

Abstract

Investing in training of internal facilitators will result in substantial savings over the scale-up of the programme. Our study provides information to assist policy makers to develop strategic plans for investing in laboratory strengthening.

Topics & Keywords

Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing Ethics in Clinical Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Partnerships for the goals

Publication Details

Published in: African Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volume 3, Issue 2, pp. 248-248

DOI: 10.4102/ajlm.v3i2.248

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