{"id":34017,"date":"2019-08-20T12:08:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T11:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=34017"},"modified":"2019-08-20T12:08:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T11:08:19","slug":"fg-introduces-new-hiv-testing-kits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/fg-introduces-new-hiv-testing-kits\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Introduces New HIV Testing kits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Ministry of Health has said that Insti HIV \u00bd, Insti Multiplex Dual HIV1\/2 and Syphilis antibody rapid tests kits are the new first-line kit in the national HIV testing algorithm.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by the National Coordinator of the National AIDS, STI and Hepatitis Control Programme, Segilola Araoye, while giving a report of the laboratory evaluation of the tests kits in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Araoye explained that the result of the evaluation showed that Insti HIV1\/2 had specificity and sensitivity of 99.7% respectively while Insti multiplex HIV 1\/2 Syphilis antibody has sensitivity and specificity of 100 per cent respectively.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cThe term specificity is the ability of a test to correctly exclude individuals who do not have a given disease or disorder while sensitivity is the ability of a test to correctly identify people who have a given disease or disorder.\u201d<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Araoye noted that it was vital to conduct an accurate diagnosis of HIV early, using reliable tests and testing strategy. 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