NEW YORK (360Dx) – Responding to a broad advocacy campaign, the World Health Organization said it will establish a new Essential Diagnostics List (EDL) to guide governments in supporting the use of diagnostic tools that need to be made available through their healthcare systems.

WHO will establish a strategic advisory group on in vitro diagnostics that will advise it about developing the list, Washington, DC-based Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC) said Thursday.