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Figures Figure 1: Flow chart depicting the number of short message system (SMS) printers placed at primary health care facilities offering antiretroviral treatment across South Africa that were using the global data service platform (GDSP). For GDSP SMS printers, the number that were active in the 2020 calendar year was reported based on the internet protocol (IP) data. Data is provided to indicate what number of active GDSP printers reported a signal strength ≥60% and battery strength ≥6 Volts.

Figures Figure 1: Flow chart depicting the number of short message system (SMS) printers placed at primary health care facilities offering antiretroviral treatment across South Africa that were using the global data service platform (GDSP). For GDSP SMS printers, the number that were active in the 2020 calendar year was reported based on the internet protocol (IP) data. Data is provided to indicate what number of active GDSP printers reported a signal strength ≥60% and battery strength ≥6 Volts.

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Assessing the cost and utilization of SMS printers by primary health care facilities: lessons learned from South Africa
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  • Apr 2023
Background: Historically, paper-based laboratory reports were delivered by couriers to health facilities resulting in post-analytical delays. As a result, short message service (SMS) printers were deployed to fill this gap, with the global data service platform (GDSP) being primarily used to facilitate deployment. In addition, these printers gener...
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... 90% (n=2,010) of the printers were based on the GDSP platform (Figure 1). Of these GDSP printers, only 1,397 (69.5%) were determined to be active based on IP communication. ...