78.2 F
Orlando
Advertisement
Independent news for Black Orlando and Central Florida.

VIDEO: Keeping track of HIV in Malawi

Opportunity Desk


Media playback is unsupported on your device

From finger to lab: Keeping track of HIV in Malawi

2 August 2015 Last updated at 00:04 BST

People living with HIV need to have the virus levels in their blood monitored to make sure their treatment is working.

But in remote areas, getting access to quick and reliable tests can be difficult.

Now Medecins Sans Frontieres has simplified the process of taking a drop of blood from the finger to the lab, so that people can get their results more quickly.

It is now being trialled in parts of Malawi, where up to one in five people are HIV-positive, as Lizzie Crouch reports.

- Advertisement -spot_img

More articles

- Advertisement -spot_img

Latest article