{"id":239140,"date":"2022-10-05T12:48:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T10:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/find-to-share-covid19-testing-experience-with-the-president-of-tanzania-and-other-global-health-experts-at-the-world-innovation-summit-for-health-wish?lang=en"},"modified":"2022-10-05T12:48:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T10:48:16","slug":"find-to-share-covid-19-testing-experience-with-the-president-of-tanzania-and-other-global-health-experts-at-the-world-innovation-summit-for-health-wish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/find-to-share-covid-19-testing-experience-with-the-president-of-tanzania-and-other-global-health-experts-at-the-world-innovation-summit-for-health-wish\/","title":{"rendered":"FIND to share COVID-19 testing experience with the President of Tanzania and other global health experts at the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FIND (www.FINDdx.org<\/a>) Chief Access Officer will join a discussion with H.E. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania and other distinguished panellists, calling on governments and decision makers to prioritize local manufacturing capacity as a key part of their pandemic preparedness and resilience planning; the session will take place at the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), which is convening leading experts and decision makers this week to address pressing global health challenges.<\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics, will share experiences from leadership of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator (https:\/\/www.ACT-a.org\/<\/a>) diagnostics pillar at a distinguished panel session during the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) (https:\/\/2022.WISH.org.qa\/<\/a>), taking place this week in Doha, Qatar. The session, titled Bridging the supply chain gap to deliver resilience<\/em>, will take place 13:15–14:15 AST, in Ballroom 3 of Multaqa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Dr Emma Hannay, FIND Chief Access Officer, will join a discussion with H.E. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania; Jean-Paul Scheuer, Regional Vice President of Sanofi; and H.E. Ahmad Al-Sayed, Minister of State and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Free Zones Authority in Qatar.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Uneven distribution of supply has been one of the key barriers to roll out of COVID-19 tests. Despite the significant demand for global COVID-19 tests, test manufacturing capacity remains highly centralized in a few countries, contributing to complex supply chains and pushing up costs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

FIND is calling on governments and decision makers to prioritize and invest in local manufacturing capacity as a key part of their pandemic preparedness, integrated into strategies to close critical health system gaps, particularly in primary care.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, limited local production capacity within already-fragile health systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has resulted in an exclusive reliance on global supply chains for diagnostic tests – and left many healthcare providers unable to access urgently needed tests (https:\/\/bit.ly\/3rwOr6A<\/a>). This contributed to a wide disparity in testing rates: while high-income countries, at the end of Q2 2022, conducted 2.01 tests per 1,000 people each day, LMICs only achieved rates of 0.04 tests per 1,000 people (https:\/\/bit.ly\/3SZL9V1<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

FIND is working with ACT-Accelerator partners to address supply chain issues, by facilitating investments in local manufacturing and supporting technology transfers (https:\/\/bit.ly\/3V5ihN2<\/a>) from high-quality test developers to manufacturers based in LMICs. Manufacturers in Africa, Asia, and South America have been supported to expand production capacity and enable end-to-end manufacturing. FIND has also commenced conversations with countries in the Middle East that have shown an interest in supporting local diagnostic manufacturing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Such investments in plugging supply chain gaps and in local manufacturing will benefit communities and health systems beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. ACT-Accelerator partners are now developing a plan to support countries as they transition to long-term COVID-19 control, ensuring they have equitable and sustained access to the medical countermeasures needed to manage it. It will in parallel maintain a state of readiness to ramp up programmes and support to countries, if and when the epidemiological situation calls for it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

WISH is a global summit organized biannually by the Qatar Foundation (https:\/\/www.QF.org.qa\/<\/a>), bringing together leading experts and decision makers to address pressing global health challenges.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

To speak with Dr Emma Hannay, FIND Chief Access Officer, please contact <\/strong>media@finddx.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of FIND.<\/i><\/p>\n

Media contact:<\/strong>
\nKarishma Saran (on-site at WISH in Doha)<\/em>
\nSenior Manager, Advocacy & Communications
\nM: +41 79 823 49 18
\nmedia@finddx.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

About FIND:<\/strong>
\nFIND, the global alliance for diagnostics, seeks to ensure equitable access to reliable diagnosis around the world. We connect countries and communities, funders, decision-makers, healthcare providers and developers to spur diagnostic innovation and make testing an integral part of sustainable, resilient health systems. We are working to save 1 million lives through accessible, quality diagnosis, and save US$1 billion in healthcare costs to patients and health systems. We are co-convener of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator diagnostics pillar, and a WHO Collaborating Centre for Laboratory Strengthening and Diagnostic Technology Evaluation. For more information, please visit www.FINDdx.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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