An overview of the quality assurance programme for HIV rapid testing in South Africa: Outcome of a 2-year phased implementation of quality assurance program

• Selamawit Alemu Woldesenbet ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: selamawitw@nicd.ac.za

  Affiliations Center for HIV and STI, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5023-3561

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• Mireille Kalou,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Laboratory Branch, Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Dumisani Mhlongo,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Clinic Laboratory Interface programme, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Tendesayi Kufa,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for HIV and STI, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9797-616X

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• Makhosazana Makhanya,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Adeboye Adelekan,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Karidia Diallo,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Mahlatse Maleka,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Academic Affairs, Research and Quality Assurance National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Beverley Singh,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for HIV and STI, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Bharat Parekh,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Laboratory Branch, Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Amanda Mohlala,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Strategic Evaluation, Advisory and Development (SEAD) Consulting, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Peter T. Manyike,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Strategic Evaluation, Advisory and Development (SEAD) Consulting, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Tim J. Tucker,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Strategic Evaluation, Advisory and Development (SEAD) Consulting, Cape Town, South Africa, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Adrian J. Puren

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for HIV and STI, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa, Virology Department, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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