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Use of the novel PanLeucogated CD4 test has saved over 600 million USD for South Africas HIV treatment programme: A 20-year retrospective costing analysis (2004 to 2024)

2026-02-19 pathology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundIn 2004, South Africas public health system faced the dual challenge of rapidly scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) while reducing the cost of laboratory monitoring. At the time, conventional CD4 testing methods were expensive, labour-intensive, and impractical for sustaining a national testing network. This study aimed to assess the financial impact and cost savings associated with the implementation of the PanLeucogated CD4 (PLG/CD4) enumeration method between 2004 and 2024 in th...

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