{"id":2646,"date":"2019-05-25T05:19:49","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T05:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:18","slug":"who-approves-viral-load-test-boosting-ugandas-aids-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/05\/25\/who-approves-viral-load-test-boosting-ugandas-aids-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO Approves Viral Load Test, Boosting Uganda\u2019s Aids Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BY DICTA ASIIMWE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nWorld Health Organization has approved the use of a portable molecular\npoint-of-care viral load diagnostic test that officials in Uganda say will make\nthe objective to end HIV\/Aids by 2030 easier to achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uganda\nannounced in November 2018 that the government was working in partnership with\nUS-based company Abbott to deploy different diagnostic tools to improve the\ncountry\u2019s ability to meet global targets on the elimination of malaria, TB and\nHIV\/Aids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the diagnostic tools that Uganda is deploying is the\nm-PIMA HIV-1\/2 VL, a viral load diagnostic test that has now been approved by\nWHO, as it now meets the standards to be used in the global fight against\nHIV\/Aids, meaning the Ministry of Health and donors can now purchase this viral\nload test kit. <a href=\"\/ASM\/The%20World%20Health%20Organisation%20has%20approved%20the%20use%20of%20a%20portable%20molecular%20point-of-care%20viral%20load%20diagnostic%20test%20that%20officials%20in%20Uganda%20say%20will%20make%20the%20objective%20to%20end%20HIV\/Aids%20by%202030%20easier%20to%20achieve.\">Read\nmore\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY DICTA ASIIMWE The World Health Organization has approved the use of a portable molecular point-of-care viral load diagnostic test that officials in Uganda say will make the objective to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}