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MedMira Partners with Colombian National Navy to Screen Pregnant Women for Syphilis and HIV as Part of Expansion in Latin America
Company Makes Rapid Testing Solutions Available to Remote Areas of Colombia and Several...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\nCompany Makes Rapid Testing Solutions Available to Remote Areas of\n Colombia and Several Other New Countries\n\n\nHALIFAX, Feb. 5, 2014 /CNW/ - MedMira Inc. (TSXV: MIR) and its Multiplo™ Rapid TP/HIV rapid test for syphilis and HIV have\n enabled the success of a humanitarian project led by the Colombian\n National Navy.  Multiplo™ Rapid TP/HIV Antibody Test was used in a\n project to save the lives of unborn babies in remote areas of\n Colombia.  This is just one example, among many of MedMira's expansion\n into Latin America and the company's growing customer base in this\n market. The company has recently earned several key product approvals,\n established new distribution agreements and made shipments of its\n products built on its patented and versatile Rapid Vertical Flow\n Technology™. This technology makes high quality, cost-effective rapid\n testing solutions possible, in even the most remote locations.\n\n\nAs part of its ongoing humanitarian efforts, the Colombian National Navy\n has implemented a new program called Expectant Family, which promotes\n the testing of sexually transmitted diseases in pregnant women living\n in remote areas where access to healthcare and laboratory testing is\n limited. The National Navy is using MedMira's Multiplo TP/HIV test to\n screen women at least twice during the pregnancy, before the third\n month and prior to giving birth, for syphilis and HIV.\n\n\n\"In the remote areas of Columbia where healthcare services and\n laboratory testing is scarce, pregnant women do not have access to life\n saving tests that could easily prevent mother-to-child transmission and\n neonatal deaths,\" said Dr. Liliana Lora Sierra, Public Health Support\n Professional, Colombian National Navy. \"Working with MedMira, we are\n able to offer these women high quality, rapid tests that will help\n prevent vertical transmission of TP/HIV that could not only save their\n lives but the lives of their unborn children. The test is very easy to\n perform and does not require any special training allowing us to screen\n patients at the point-of-care. Without MedMira's innovative technology,\n these women would not have access to tests that those living in urban\n areas benefit from.\"\n\n\nIn addition to the work in Columbia, MedMira has signed a distribution\n deal in Ven...