This report is a guide for policymakers, treatment providers and advocates interested in learning more about laboratory-based and point-of-care viral load HIV diagnostic products, and point-of-care CD4 HIV diagnostic products.
The report includes:
- Information on how routine viral load (VL) monitoring improves HIV treatment outcomes
- Information on why the use of VL monitoring is particularly important for confirming treatment failure and for ensuring prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT)
- A decision guide for purchasers, and information on how to evaluate the use of point-of-care (POC) and lab-based technologies in different contexts
- Technical specifications and pricing information for 13 diagnostic tools:
Access to medicines
Generic competition pushing down HIV drug prices, but patents keep newer drugs unaffordable
Press Release
2 Jul 2013
Access to medicines
Untangling the Web of ARV Price Reductions - 16th Edition
Report
2 Jul 2013
Philippines
Specialised care for mothers and babies in devastated Tacloban
Voices from the Field
19 Dec 2013