Esther C Casas
Biographic Data
| ID | 9066863 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Esther C Casas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Esther C |
| FAMILY NAME | Casas |
| SIGNATURE | CASAS E C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Médecins Sans Frontières |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4141-2397 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Task shifting of point-of-care testing to lay health workers in rural primary health facilities in Nsanje, Malawi
Background Point-of-care testing (POCT) can reduce diagnostic gaps, but because it frequently falls to overstretched frontline healthcare workers (HCW), its real-world effectiveness is diminished. Despite World Health Organization recommendations for task sharing (TS) with lay health workers (LHW), it remains underutilized.Objective To explore whether task-shifted POCT by LHWs can improve uptake compared to standard HCW-led care.Methods A retrosp…
Covid-19, tuberculosis, and HIV triad
People living with HIV (PLHIV) have an increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) and severe COVID-19. TB and COVID-19 present with overlapping symptoms and co-infection can lead to poor outcomes. We assessed the frequency of SARS-CoV-2 positive serology and SARS-CoV-2 infection and the risk of mortality at 6 months in PLHIV with TB disease and SARS-CoV-2 infection. This multi-country, prospective, observational study, conducted between 7 th September 2…
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Covid-19, tuberculosis, and HIV triad
People living with HIV (PLHIV) have an increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) and severe COVID-19. TB and COVID-19 present with overlapping symptoms and co-infection can lead to poor outcomes. We assessed the frequency of SARS-CoV-2 positive serology and SARS-CoV-2 infection and the risk of mortality at 6 months in PLHIV with TB disease and SARS-CoV-2 infection. This multi-country, prospective, observational study, conducted between 7 th September 2…
Task shifting of point-of-care testing to lay health workers in rural primary health facilities in Nsanje, Malawi
Background Point-of-care testing (POCT) can reduce diagnostic gaps, but because it frequently falls to overstretched frontline healthcare workers (HCW), its real-world effectiveness is diminished. Despite World Health Organization recommendations for task sharing (TS) with lay health workers (LHW), it remains underutilized.Objective To explore whether task-shifted POCT by LHWs can improve uptake compared to standard HCW-led care.Methods A retrosp…
Ambulatory (1 work) · Antibody (1 work) · Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control (1 work) · COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (1 work) · Global Health Workforce Issues (1 work) · Hepatitis B (1 work) · Immunology (1 work) · Internal Medicine (1 work) · lay health workers (1 work) · Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 (1 work)