Economic Issues, Policies and Option for Action
Project Paper to provide an additional grant for: Human Development Systems Strengthening Project (HDSSP)(P145965, H9360)
A paper presented at the 10th International Congress on Infectious Disease, Singapore
Contributions in International Seminars 1988 -2008
Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling, no. 20
Background paper 10
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
May 2021
Constraints, Technologies, Policies and Processes
FIND and Standard Diagnostics (SD) have developed a lateral flow rapid diagnostic test (RDT) to screen for
T.b. gambiense HAT that is cheap and easy to use. The tests are packed individually and are stable at 40°C for
up to 25 months; they are performed on fresh blood obtained from a finger prick..., and no instrument or electricity is required. The RDT detects host antibodies to infection in populations that are at risk, or in suspect individuals. Positive cases are subjected to further confirmatory methods to identify HAT patients.
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