Wait over for Hep C screening


The cure: FIND HCV country project manager Sem XiaoHui showing the rapid diagnostic test kit for Hepatitis C at the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative office in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR: In another step up for Malaysia on access to Hepatitis C diagnosis and treatment, 50,000 rapid diagnostic test kits will be made available to high-risk patients in selected clinics.

Global health non-profit body Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) – in collaboration with Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative – will help the Health Ministry to kick-start the screening process in a big way.

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