Reduction in overtreatment of gonorrhoea and chlamydia through point-of-care testing compared with syndromic management for vaginal discharge: a modelling study for Zimbabwe

Improved data on the functioning of syndromic management in practice would help refine the estimates of the health impact and the overall value proposition of a highly sensitive POC diagnostic for NG/CT/TV. However, even without such data, our analysis demonstrates the potential for such a diagnostic to reduce overtreatment by >90% relative to plausible assumptions regarding the standard of care.

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Sexually Transmitted Infections
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2026-02-05
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https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2025-056646
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Reproductive tract infections research
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Reduction in overtreatment of gonorrhoea and chlamydia through point-of-care testing compared with syndromic management for vaginal discharge: a modelling study for Zimbabwe

Cliff C. Kerr, Lori M. Newman, Griffins Manguro, Chido Dziva Chikwari et al.
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Reproductive tract infections research
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Reduction in overtreatment of gonorrhoea and chlamydia through point-of-care testing compared with syndromic management for vaginal discharge: a modelling study for Zimbabwe

Cliff C. Kerr, Lori M. Newman, Griffins Manguro, Chido Dziva Chikwari, M. Marks, Lauren Snyder, Remco P H Peters, Daniel Klein, Darcy W Rao, Robyn M Stuart
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Abstract

Improved data on the functioning of syndromic management in practice would help refine the estimates of the health impact and the overall value proposition of a highly sensitive POC diagnostic for NG/CT/TV. However, even without such data, our analysis demonstrates the potential for such a diagnostic to reduce overtreatment by >90% relative to plausible assumptions regarding the standard of care.

Sexually Transmitted Infections
Gates Foundation (US), Royal London Hospital (GB), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB), Hospital for Tropical Diseases (GB), Biomedical Research and Training Institute (ZW), World Health Organization (CH), University College London (GB)
Gender equality
Openalex Percentile: Top 63%
Reproductive tract infections research
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Reduction in overtreatment of gonorrhoea and chlamydia through point-of-care testing compared with syndromic management for vaginal discharge: a modelling study for Zimbabwe — Cliff C. Kerr, Lori M. Newman, et al. · Sexually Transmitted Infections (2026) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS