Price Of HIV Test Falls, Raising Hopes In Global AIDS Fight
A new financing deal aims to slash the cost of HIV viral load testing in low- and middle-income countries. Public health officials say it's a crucial step to ending the AIDS epidemic.
The U.N. has an incredibly ambitious goal of wiping out HIV transmission by the year 2030.
But global health experts say they can't execute that plan without a cheaper way to monitor the health of millions of HIV patients.
The , along with several other development agencies, has brokered an agreement to make routine HIV tests more accessible. They're aiming to make HIV viral load tests available for $12 a piece, slashing the price in some markets by more than 50 percent.
