HIV/AIDS Testing

Chembio's rapid HIV test selected by Nigeria

Published in AIDS Weekly, March 20th, 2006

The Nigerian Ministry of Health announced recently that Chembio Diagnostics, Inc.'s, (CEMI) HIV 1/2 STAT-PAK is designated as a screening test in four out of the eight testing protocols that comprise Nigeria's Interim National Testing Algorithm.

Nigeria is initially implementing a "parallel testing algorithm," and as such uses two screening tests from different manufacturers on each patient tested. This program is being launched very soon to quickly and accurately identify HIV-positive individuals so treatment goals can be achieved.

Nigeria is Africa's most populous country with an estimated 135 million inhabitants. It has an estimated 3.6 million...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2006-03-20)

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