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The test will be included in the World Health Organizations list of prequalified in vitro diagnostics and UN agencies will be able to procure it.

The WHO said that before point-of-care immunodiagnostic tests can be recommended, they must be validated in the appropriate populations and settings.  

The collaboration includes setting up a new testing laboratory that will investigate the use of alternative chemical reagents for test kits.

FIND and WHO are collaborating again, this time to to perform a standardized evaluation of currently available immunoassays.

The two organizations are collaborating to perform a standardized evaluation of currently available molecular diagnostic tests to assess test performance.

Initially, FIND and the WHO will work to develop national essential diagnostics lists, as well as to collect data to support countries in their aim to provide universal health coverage.

The firm's CEO said that the approval enables global funders and national ministries of health to expand access to HIV self-testing, allowing diagnosis and treatment.