This World AIDS Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) has asked everyone to consider the growing inequalities in access to essential HIV services that many countries face. In a year defined by COVID-19, it is not difficult to find examples. The global HIV...
On Nov. 15, 2021, CHAI, MedAccess, and SD Biosensor announced a partnership to increase access to rapid diagnostic tests for syphilis and HIV. What will the partnership cover? The partnership will enable public sector purchasers to access SD Biosensor’s Standard Q...
London, 15 November 2021 – MedAccess, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), and SD Biosensor today announced a partnership to significantly increase access to innovative combined rapid testing for syphilis and HIV. SD Biosensor’s STANDARD Q...
In a corner of the emergency pediatric unit a four-year-old boy with pneumonia was using an oxygen concentrator to breathe. He had already been at the hospital in Kano, Nigeria for two days but his breathing had not improved. The hospital technician was called to...
In Ethiopia, pneumonia accounts for 18 percent of all child deaths. Hypoxemia, or low blood oxygen, is a common and deadly complication of pneumonia. Medical oxygen is the only treatment. However, access to both oxygen and pulse oximeters, handheld devices used to...
