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Point-of-care HIV tests elude poor countries

High costs and logistic hurdles have delayed the rollout of point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tests for HIV in resource-poor countries where they are urgently needed, experts say.

Published
31 March 2014
From
Sci Dev Net
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
Is Viral Load Testing for HIV a Realistic Strategy in Developing Countries?

Are the new WHO recommendations realistic for low-income countries? If not, what needs to be done to achieve better access to technologies for viral load monitoring in resource-poor settings?

Published
28 February 2014
From
PLOS Blogs
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
Mylan Announces CE Mark for MyT4™ Point-of-Care CD4 Diagnostic Test

Mylan, Inc. today announced that Zyomyx's MyT4™ point-of-care CD4 diagnostic test has received the CE Certificate of Conformity in the European Union, an important step toward launching this innovative test and expanding access to affordable, accessible and reliable diagnostics for people living with HIV globally.

Published
10 January 2014
From
Mylan
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
Viral load tests 'could transform HIV treatment failure'

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for an increased use of viral load monitoring to improve treatment outcomes of HIV patients, in its latest study on testing in Africa. Of those suspected of treatment failure after standard HIV tests such as white cell counts and clinical signs, as many as 70 per cent could be unnecessarily switched to more toxic treatments because these tests can falsely suggest their first-line treatment is failing, MSF’s study reports.

Published
02 January 2014
From
SciDev.net
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
'Samba' viral load machine a boost for HIV patients in Malawi

Viral load testing becomes easier and quicker, improves life in remote rural areas.

Published
02 January 2014
From
Gulfnews.com
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
Finding new ways to make viral load testing cheaper

As the number of people receiving HIV treatment rises, and more people become eligible for treatment, the prohibitive cost of viral load tests will have to come down, and donors should use their purchasing power to push for better prices, said medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in a report released at the 17th International AIDS Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa.

Published
13 December 2013
From
IRIN
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
IPRs An Issue In Latest HIV Treatment Monitoring Test, Group Says

Intellectual property rights represent a hurdle to lower-priced, high quality tests of HIV treatment monitoring in developing countries, public health group Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, Doctors without Borders) said today.

Published
11 December 2013
From
Intellectual Property Watch
Government, leadership and policy
Malawi's success story in reducing HIV infection

Through dispensing antiretroviral drugs and monitoring their effectiveness, Malawi has slashed deaths and infection rates

Published
02 December 2013
From
The Guardian
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
Technology can help shift the HIV response to the community level

"Already moving HIV prevention and treatment to the community level has saved hundreds of millions of dollars in the countries that have made this move, avoided thousands of unnecessary hospitalisations and allowed much more rapid diagnosis and treatment for millions,” said Dr Broun. “Further cost-savings can be gained if we move laboratory-based diagnosis to communities by using technology adapted for the point of care.”

Published
28 November 2013
From
UNITAID
Malaria
Ugandan App for Pain-Free Malaria Test

Matibabu uses a custom-made portable device called a matiscope, which is connected to a smartphone, to do a rapid diagnostic test. The user’s finger is inserted into the matiscope, and the application uses a red light to penetrate the skin and detect the red blood cells.

Published
13 August 2013
From
Inter Press Service
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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