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Point-of-Care CD4 Testing in Resource-Limited Settings

Is CD4 Testing Outside of the Laboratory Ready for Prime Time?

Published
10 October 2012
From
Medscape (requires registration)
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Cellphone HIV test studied

South African and South Korean researchers are working on making a smartphone capable of doing Aids tests in rural parts of Africa that are the worst hit by the disease.

Published
03 September 2012
From
iAfrica.com
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
PEPFAR Launches Labs For Life with Partners

The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), led by the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator in the U.S. Department of State, and Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), a leading global medical technology company, today announced Labs for Life, a new collaboration to help strengthen healthcare and laboratory systems in the developing world along with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Published
27 July 2012
From
US State Department
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
Second Edition of UNITAID Diagnostic Technology Landscape Report Published

The second edition of the UNITAID Diagnostic Technology Landscape is now available online. First published in June 2011, the report has proven a critical tool for those interested in understanding the pipeline for HIV point-of-care diagnostics, including global health institutions, health care providers, investors, and developers. The 2012 edition represents UNITAID’s continued effort to map the landscape of existing and pipeline products and provides updated information on progress in the development of these important technologies.

Published
26 June 2012
From
UNITAID
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
Low-cost Australian HIV test to reach poor

A crucial new low-cost blood test for HIV sufferers in developing countries that could help 33 million people worldwide may be available later this year. The CD4 test, which gives on-the-spot results in 40 minutes, measures an individual's CD4 levels, which indicate whether HIV is progressing to AIDS.

Published
20 June 2012
From
NineMSN
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
Predictive tool could cut HIV test costs

A tool to monitor how HIV-positive patients respond to antiretroviral therapy (ART) could free up scarce personnel and laboratory resources in developing countries, according to an international team of researchers.

Published
08 May 2012
From
SciDev Net
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
Rapid CD4 Testing Sharply Cuts HIV Patient Dropout Rate

With the use of new rapid test kits -- which measure immune system health without having to send samples off site to laboratories and waiting for results -- researchers in Mozambique nearly doubled treatment enrollment and cut the number of patients lost almost in half.

Published
28 September 2011
From
PBS Newshour
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HIV diagnostic maker Daktari drums up $1.8 million

The Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of a point-of-care CD4 test raised $1.8 million from 32 unnamed investors, according to SEC document.

Published
07 November 2010
From
Mass Device
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