Economic barriers to diagnostic equity: A multi-country analysis of patient costs for rapid SARS-CoV-2 testing in sub-Saharan Africa

• Obinna Ekwunife ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ekwunife@buffalo.edu

  Affiliations Division of Population Health, Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0879-3861

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• Collin Mangenah,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Centre for Sexual Health, HIV/AIDS Research (CeSHHAR), Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Lucky Ngwira,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Elizabeth Corbett,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Karin Hatzold,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Elvis Isere,

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

  Affiliation Zankli Research Center, Bingham University, Karu, Nigeria

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• John Bimba,

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

  Affiliation Zankli Research Center, Bingham University, Karu, Nigeria

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• Euphemia Sibanda,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Validation

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

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• Frances M. Cowan,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Godpower Omoregie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Society for Family Health, Abuja, Nigeria

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• Gabrielle Bonnet

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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