Scaling up infectious disease point-of-care testing for Indigenous people

- almost executed 14/08/24 -- Diagnostic testing with timely return of results is critical for infectious disease management and prevention but is not uniformly accessible for Indigenous people in rural and remote settings. Delays in testing and return of results can lead to serious adverse health consequences including hospitalisations, cancer, and death. Building on ten years of experience and stakeholder engagement, we will scale-up infectiousdisease point-of-care testing nationally in primary care services. We will use implementation research to evaluate their uptake, acceptability, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability. In parallel we will strengthen the critical support systems essential to integration into healthcare practice.