Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology

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