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Computer models predict how patients will respond to HIV drugs

Results of a new study demonstrate that computer models can predict how HIV patients whose drug therapy is failing will respond to a new treatment. Crucially for patients in poorer countries, the models do not require the results of expensive drug resistance tests to make their predictions. The study also showed that the models were able to identify alternative drug combinations that were predicted to work in cases where the treatment used in the clinic had failed, suggesting that their use could avoid treatment failure.

Published
14 March 2013
From
Eurekalert Inf Dis
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
MSF research points to ways to expand viral load testing in developing countries

At the 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Atlanta, the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) presented data today on strategies to reduce the costs and complexity of rolling out routine viral load monitoring in developing countries.

Published
07 March 2013
From
Médecins Sans Frontières press release
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
Alere to Develop Simple, Affordable Point-of-Care Nucleic Acid Test for Tuberculosis & Expand Manufacturing for POC HIV Viral Load Platform

Alere Inc. announced that it has been awarded a grant of up to $21.6 million and debt financing of up to $20.6 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support development of a point-of-care nucleic acid test for tuberculosis and to expand production facilities for this test and for a point-of-care viral load test.

Published
02 March 2013
From
Alere
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
UNITAID-financed project to increase access to new HIV monitoring technology

UNITAID and France Expertise Internationale (FEI) signed a US$ 2.4 million agreement to implement the “OPP-ERA” project which will stimulate the market entry of new manufacturers and suppliers of HIV Viral Load Test (VLT) technologies, bringing an innovative solution to meet the HIV monitoring and diagnostics needs in resource-limited settings.

Published
15 February 2013
From
UNITAID
TB diagnosis
United States government announces $11 million in additional support for rapid TB test in 14 countries

Countries receiving the rapid tests are: Côte d'Ivoire, DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Burma.

Published
06 December 2012
From
PEPFAR press release
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
Paper Test Could Make Drug Treatment Safer

Researchers looking to make tuberculosis (TB) and HIV treatment safer have developed a paper-based test for drug-induced liver damage.

Published
19 November 2012
From
Asian Scientist Magazine
Diagnosing children
Trial of HIV test for babies in Africa could make a big difference

The first-of-a-kind test will deliver a diagnosis in less than an hour while mother and child are still in the clinic -- and, if all goes well, could dramatically improve the rates in which infected infants are diagnosed and treated.The test is a miniaturized, inexpensive version of the p24 HIV test and is designed specifically for use in developing countries.

Published
29 October 2012
From
Eurekalert Inf Dis
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
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)
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
Stamp-Sized Device Could Cut Liver Test Costs

A paper-based device about the size of a postage stamp could improve testing for drug-induced liver toxicity in the developing world, researchers reported.

Published
21 September 2012
From
MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
Promoting HIV testing
South Africa: Taking HIV Testing to Homes

Home-based HIV testing, which enables people to have an HIV test in the privacy of their own home without having to go to a health facility, is one of the newest efforts to be introduced in South Africa to get people to know their HIV status.

Published
20 September 2012
From
allAfrica.com
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