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MedMira Delivers PAHO Order to Belize Ministry of Health
Launch Pad for Roll-out of Additional Tests in Belize and Latin America HALIFAX, May 28 /CNW/ - M...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nLaunch Pad for Roll-out of Additional Tests in Belize and Latin America\n\n\nHALIFAX, May 28 /CNW/ - MedMira Inc., ("MedMira") (TSX Venture: MIR,\nNASDAQ: MMIRF), a global market leader in premium rapid diagnostic solutions,\nannounced today that it has shipped the initial order of rapid HIV tests\npurchased by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on behalf of the\nMinistry of Health in Belize. PAHO, headquartered in Washington, D.C., with\n35 member states, is an international public health agency working with Latin\nAmerica and Caribbean countries on priority health issues such as HIV.\n\n\n"The Belize Ministry of Health is committed to delivering the best in\nhealthcare services to our people and MedMira's rapid HIV test enables us to\nsignificantly increase the availability and reliability of testing in our\nHIV/AIDS prevention programs," said Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of\nNational TB, HIV/AIDS and other STIs Programme, Ministry of Health Belmopan,\nBelize. "PAHO and its approved suppliers enable us to provide our people with\nadvanced quality diagnostics."\n\n\nMedMira was named as an approved supplier to PAHO in April 2008. As an\napproved supplier MedMira is able to participate in tender opportunities with\nmany of the complexities inherent in doing business in Latin America\nsimplified. Other organizations operating testing programs in Latin American\nregularly refer to the PAHO supplier list for procurement.\n\n\n"PAHO's provision of MedMira rapid HIV tests to the Ministry of Health in\nBelize further validates our rapid diagnostic solutions and provides us a\nlaunch pad to roll out additional rapid tests like Multiplo to the Ministry in\nthe future," said Hermes Chan, president & CEO, MedMira Inc. "We are eager to\ncontinue working with PAHO on the HIV/AIDS prevention initiatives underway in\nBelize and other Latin American countries."\n\n\nTo learn more about PAHO visit www.paho.org.\n\n\nAbout MedMira\n\n\nMedMira is a leading developer and manufacturer of flow-through rapid\ndiagnostics. The company's tests provide hospitals, labs, clinics and\nindividuals around the world with reliable, rapid diagnosis for diseases such\nas HIV and hepatitis C in just three minutes. The company's tests are sold\nunder the Reveal(R), MiraWell(R), MiraCare(TM) ...