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Infants in Kenya can now be diagnosed for HIV, at birth. This is after World Health Organisation (WHO) issued the greenlight for use of Alere q HIV-1/2 Detect assay, a diagnostic tool that provides results within 52 minutes.
Currently, newborns in Kenya are screened for HIV infection with dry blood spot testing, the widely available testing used for adults.
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