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UN: Price of HIV early infant diagnosis reduced by 35%
22.07.2015 08:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
The price of diagnosing the HIV virus in infants has been reduced by 35%, UN Radio says referring to the WHO (UN World Health Organization) report.
As to the report, presently half of all children born with HIV will die by the age of two and the majority will die by the age of five.
Reportedly, the WHO recommends that all children exposed to HIV receive early infant diagnostic screening within the first two months of life.
Many infants in low- and middle-income countries are not screened, in part because of the cost.
As to the report, a partnership between the UNs Diagnostics Access Initiative and the pharmaceutical company Roche Diagnostics has reduced the price of testing by 35% to just under US$10 a test.
It is to be admitted, the Diagnostics Access Initiative was launched in Jul 2014 by the UN agency UNAIDS which focuses on HIV and AIDS. The Initiative calls for improving of the laboratory capacity to ensure that all people living with the virus can be linked to effective, high-quality HIV treatment services.
As to the report, the UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé says the agreement is «a powerful step towards ending the unconscionable failure of the world to meet the treatment needs of children living with HIV.»
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