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Seychelles and Eritrea have adopted Abbott’s Determine Antenatal Care Panel, a World Health Organisation-prequalified integrated diagnostic test, in a renewed push to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus.
The integrated test offers what experts describe as a “one visit, one test, three results” model, enabling simultaneous screening for HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B from a single finger-prick blood sample, with results delivered within minutes.
This development was published by African Media Agency on its website on Thursday.
The development aligns with the WHO’s targets for the triple elimination of the three infections.
