Access to laboratory services for PLWHIV (particularly rVLT and EID) in the East region is still very centralized. Patients continue to rely heavily on sample transport arrangements.
In the last 6 months we have seen a decreasing trend in the number of samples transported Maybe as result of one or a combination of the factors below:
Drop in demand and or or number samples collected
Most patients already had their VLT ?
Impact of COVID 19 ?
However during this quarter, we continued with the delivery of our services :
Transportation of VL and EID samples and results.
Delivery of DTS panels for HIV rapid testing (FIRST TIME).
All 19 GU sites were visited (≥ 1 trip per site).
Two non-GU sites (Garoua Boulai and CSI Ndokayo) benefitted from our services.
We had STS transactions during all 03 months Oct - Dec and completed a total of 317 trips (258 for samples, 59 results).
Kindly download a complete rundown below..
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