Improving diagnostic tests for low-resource settings

The Center for Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Global Health (GHDx Center) works to improve the availability, accessibility, and affordability of essential point-of-care diagnostic tests for use in low-resource settings around the world.
The GHDx Center focuses on four core activities:

• Clinical needs assessments
• Supporting exploratory technology projects
• Clinical testing of prototype point-of-care diagnostics
• Training on the clinical realities of designing point-of-care products for low-resource settings

The GHDx Center is a collaboration of PATH, an international nonprofit organization that improves the health of people around the world, and the University of Washington, and is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioEngineering (NIBIB).

What's new

• The GHDx Center received a total of 32 letters of interest—many of which were very strong, thorough, and competitive. The LOI selection committee chose 10 finalists and invited them to submit full proposals.
• Responses to questions about submitting letters of interest (04/29).
• The First Annual Course on POC Diagnostics for Global Health is now closed to application. Applicants have been contacted.
• For notifications of future solicitations and courses, please join our mailing list.