Health system readiness for digital point-of-care diagnostics for febrile illness across Africa: A realist review

Shola Molemodile Dele-Olowu, Mamadu Baldeh, Flavia Bawa, Leonard Baatiema, Frances Baaba da-Costa Vroom, Luc de Witte, Emilia Udofia, Alfred Edwin Yawson, Julie Balen, Unknown

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0001820
Published: 2026-11-06
Container: PLOS Digital Health
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pdig.0001820,
  title = {Health system readiness for digital point-of-care diagnostics for febrile illness across Africa: A realist review},
  author = {Shola Molemodile Dele-Olowu and Mamadu Baldeh and Flavia Bawa and Leonard Baatiema and Frances Baaba da-Costa Vroom and Luc de Witte and Emilia Udofia and Alfred Edwin Yawson and Julie Balen and Unknown},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PLOS Digital Health},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pdig.0001820},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0001820}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Health system readiness for digital point-of-care diagnostics for febrile illness across Africa: A realist review
AU  - Shola Molemodile Dele-Olowu
AU  - Mamadu Baldeh
AU  - Flavia Bawa
AU  - Leonard Baatiema
AU  - Frances Baaba da-Costa Vroom
AU  - Luc de Witte
AU  - Emilia Udofia
AU  - Alfred Edwin Yawson
AU  - Julie Balen
AU  - Unknown
PY  - 2026
JO  - PLOS Digital Health
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pdig.0001820
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Dele-Olowu, S. M., Baldeh, M., Bawa, F., Baatiema, L., Vroom, F. B. D., Witte, L. D., Udofia, E., Yawson, A. E., Balen, J., & Unknown (2026). Health system readiness for digital point-of-care diagnostics for febrile illness across Africa: A realist review. PLOS Digital Health. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0001820

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