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June 2011
New report highlights innovations in HIV diagnostic tools
June 9, 2011 -- UNITAID has released a new report that finds innovative technologies to test and monitor HIV/AIDS could soon be available in the world’s poorest regions. The report—titled “HIV/AIDS Diagnostic Landscape”—maps the development and delivery of a wide range of simple, cost-effective technologies adapted for use in low-income health systems and rural areas by non-specialized healthcare workers.
"This diagnostics landscape represents the first global public good of its kind," said Jorge Bermudez, UNITAID's executive secretary. "It proves that industry can contribute to overcoming access barriers. It is now up to the global health community to ensure that these tools are rolled out to the people who need them."
The report includes three types of HIV diagnostic and monitoring technologies: early infant diagnostics to facilitate the detection of HIV in children younger than 18 months; CD4 technologies that indicate when a person with HIV should initiate treatment; and viral load, which signals when a patient needs to switch from first-line to second-line treatment. See the links below for more details.
