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In the Third World, POCT plays an extremely important role in supplying the populations with laboratory medical tests. This chapter describes the preeminent problems within third-world healthcare systems and demonstrates how POCT can also be implemented sensibly within the scope of international development alliances.
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Vashist, S.K., Luppa, P.B., Luong, J.H.T. (2018). POCT in international development cooperation. In: Luppa, P.B., Junker, R. (eds) Point-of-Care Testing. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-54497-6_36
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