Aids testing goes Hi-tech

Waiting for Aids results is no longer a mission .

A new way of Aids testing has been implemented by the engineers to make sure that getting Aids results does not become a mission as in the villages people die before doctors could get results and  and recommend that patients start with treatment. The delay of the results  could lead to death. This is more significant for people who stay in the rural ares to get results quicker and effectively without the delay of having to wait for weeks when the results are at the labs.

In this present moment  communications engineers have adapted office printers and cellphone technology to wirelessly and immediately relay test results . This new method was invented by the Britain's Sequoia technology group. The printers are being rolled out in other parts of Africa after the initial succees in Mozambique  where the project has been running for a year. Even the advanced new technology needed to check for Hiv ,the virus that causes Aids in newborns is available in Mozambique as it is the country that is already using the printers.

Ever since this new advance technology was implemented a number of labs has increased ,so has the capacity. This means that there is a lot of improvement from since this new techology was introduced. Labs processing thousands of tests lack the staff to call clinics or send results by cellphone messages. Results end up being up stacked up until they could be sent in batches by Courier.

At the clinics the only thing that has to be done is to tear off the paper from the printer and hand it to the doctor.GPRS is reliable and cheaper than a text message so this is the reason this machine uses GPRS.Plans are in place to use the printers in Botswana ,Kenya,Tanzania ,Uganda and Zimbabwe. The disadvantage about this machine is what will happen to the patient who want their results urgent  and it is found that the machine needs repairs.