Diagnostics - Global - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oct 2, 2025 · Diagnostics are the most important tools that empower the health workforce in the identification of diseases or health conditions. They allow the initiation of treatments in order to avoid …
WHO releases new list of essential diagnostics; new recommendations …
Oct 19, 2023 · The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its 2023 Essential Diagnostics List (EDL), which is an evidence-based register of in vitro diagnostics (IVD) that supports countries to …
In vitro diagnostics - Global - World Health Organization (WHO)
Sep 28, 2020 · In vitro diagnostics (IVDs) are tests that can detect disease, conditions and infections. In vitro simply means ‘in glass’, meaning these tests are typically conducted in test tubes and similar …
Landscape analysis of commercially available and pipeline in vitro ...
Mar 19, 2025 · The Landscape analysis of commercially available and pipeline in vitro diagnostics for fungal priority pathogens focuses on commercially available diagnostic products and pipeline …
WHO publishes new Essential Diagnostics List and urges countries to ...
Jan 29, 2021 · To address the lack of access to tests and testing services in multiple countries, WHO since 2018 has published a yearly essential diagnostics list (EDL), a basket of recommended in vitro …
Global Diagnostics Coalition
The Global Diagnostics Coalition is a WHO managed network, administered and housed within WHO. It has 3 objectives: Conduct advocacy activities that raise awareness and increase support of WHO …
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 3: diagnosis: …
Mar 20, 2024 · Module 3: Diagnosis - Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection, third edition ” is the latest document replacing the one issued in 2021. This latest edition includes new recommendations …
Health products policy and standards
Jan 28, 2021 · Selection, access and use of in vitro diagnostics Access to good quality, affordable, and appropriate health products is indispensable to advance universal health coverage, address health …
Redefining the HIV response in Africa through local production of ...
Jul 31, 2025 · To boost supply chain resilience and regional self-reliance, WHO has been actively advocating for locally manufactured quality-assured medicines and diagnostics. In 2023, a Kenya …
The diagnostics landscape for sexually transmitted infections
Jul 20, 2023 · This document highlights the diagnostics available now to support scale-up and expanded access to screening to meet the growing testing demands in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).