Procurement of hepatitis B diagnostics
HBsAg test kits procured by WHO, by assay type, 2003-2009
78% of the HBsAg tests procured in 2009 were in rapid test format. Note: data for 2008 were not available.
The majority of HBsAg test kit procurement occurred on behalf of WHO member states in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
HBsAg test kits procured by WHO in 2009, by region
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Circonstances et modalités d’utilisation des tests d’infection récente pour estimer l’incidence de l’infection à HIV au niveau d’une population.
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When and how to use assays for recent infection to estimate HIV incidence at a population level
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HIV Rapid Assays: Operational Characteristics Report 16
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Key events
- WHO Prequalification of Medicines, Diagnostics and Vaccines: 6th Consultative Meeting with Stakeholders, 4-5 April 2011
- WHO Technical Working Group Meeting on CD 4 Technologies,17 -19 November 2009
- WHO Technical Working Group Meeting on Prequalification of HIV Virological Technologies, 21-23 September 2009
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