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Roche and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) partner to strengthen laboratories medicine training and knowledge on the African continent

Roche and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) partner to strengthen laboratories medicine training and knowledge on the African continent. Today Roche Diagnostics and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) announced a public-private partnership to improve the capacity of laboratorians and strengthen laboratory systems in African nations highly impacted by HIV/AIDS. Valued at $12 million over five years, the goal of the partnership is to build institutional capacity of regional and national partners by developing certification programs for laboratory technicians, strengthening pre-service curricula, and institutionalizing quality improvement in diagnostics services. “We are honoured that PEPFAR has partnered with us and we look forward to a successful working relationship. Our work with PEPFAR has demonstrated how the private sector can effectively apply its expertise to have a positive impact on healthcare in the regions most heavily burdened by diseases,” said Knut Seifert, country manager Roche Diagnostics South Africa. The partnership between Roche and PEPFAR will accelerate the training of laboratorians specifically related to in-vitro diagnostics with the aim of strengthening laboratories and expanding the trained laboratory work force. The PEPFAR contribution to the effort will be implemented through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a global leader in laboratory systems strengthening. More…

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