Resources

Websites

Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center (ADARC)  
For additional information on HIV programs in the developing world

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
For additional information about the Foundation and TB programs

Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND)
For additional information about other diagnostics programs for the developing world

Fondation Mérieux
For additional information about health education and training programs for the developing world

Evidence-Based Tuberculosis Diagnosis
For additional information about TB

Halteres Associates, LLC
White papers related to diagnostics for resource limited settings


White Papers

The following white papers discuss a variety of topics related to developing diagnostics for resource limited settings. They can be found and downloaded from the Halteres Associates website .

An Assessment of the Technological Issues and Options 
for Point-Of-Care Diagnostic Tests in Resource-Limited Settings (PDF 500K)

Biomarkers for Infectious Disease Diagnostics in the Developing World: Status of Technologies and Approaches for Biomarker Discovery (PDF 315K)

Biomarkers for Infectious Disease Diagnostics in the Developing World: Diagnosis of Bacterial and Severe Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection (PDF 530K)

Biomarkers for Infectious Disease Diagnostics in the Developing World: Diagnosis of Giardia lambliaCryptosporidium parvum, and Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli in Children with Diarrhea as a Surrogate of Stunting (PDF 320K)

Biomarkers for Infectious Disease Diagnostics in the Developing World: Diagnosis of HIV Infection in Infants Less than Eighteen Months of Age (PDF 340K)

Biomarkers for Infectious Disease Diagnostics in the Developing World: Rapid, Home-based Diagnosis of Malaria in Symptomatic Individuals and Screening of Asymptomatic Pregnant Women (PDF 500K)

Biomarkers for Infectious Disease Diagnostics in the Developing World: Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhea Infection in High-risk Women (PDF 320K)

Biomarkers for Infectious Disease Diagnostics in the Developing World: Diagnosis of Syphilis in Asymptomatic Pregnant Women (PDF 245K)

Biomarkers for Infectious Disease Diagnostics in the Developing World: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in HIV Positive and HIV Negative Individuals (PDF 545K)



Publications

Requirements for High Impact Diagnostics in the Developing World (PDF 356K)
Nature, 2006