Factors influencing uptake of COVID-19 diagnostics in Sub-Saharan Africa: a rapid scoping review

• Mackwellings Maganizo Phiri ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: mmphiri@mlw.mw/mackwellingsphiri@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Social Science, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Microbiology, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Yasmin Dunkley ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yasmin Dunkley, Wezzie Lora, Nicola Desmond

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1707-0577

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• Elizabeth Di Giacomo ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2367-5797

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• Wezzie Lora ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yasmin Dunkley, Wezzie Lora, Nicola Desmond

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Social Science, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Microbiology, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Moses Kumwenda ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Social Science, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Itai Kabonga ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Centre for Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Research, Harare, Zimbabwe

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6533-996X

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• Elvis Isere ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Zankli Research Centre, Bingham University, Nigeria

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• John Bimba ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Zankli Research Centre, Bingham University, Nigeria

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• Euphemia Sibanda ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliations Centre for Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Research, Harare, Zimbabwe, Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

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• Augustine Choko ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliations Department of Social Science, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

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• Karin Hatzold ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Population Services International, Washington District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Liz Corbett ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Nicola Desmond

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yasmin Dunkley, Wezzie Lora, Nicola Desmond

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization

  Affiliations Department of Social Science, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

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