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To examine the vital role of rapid diagnostic tests in outbreak preparedness and identify systemic challenges in diagnostic financing, validation, and development for high-priority pathogens.

April 1, 2024BMJ Global HealthOpen Access

Rapid diagnostic test: a critical need for outbreak preparedness and response for high priority pathogens

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To examine the vital role of rapid diagnostic tests in outbreak preparedness and identify systemic challenges in diagnostic financing, validation, and development for high-priority pathogens.
Reviewed global epidemic preparedness initiatives, including the 100 Days Mission and recent World Health Assembly diagnostic capacity resolutions.
Evaluated resource distribution discrepancies between vaccine and diagnostic development across public and private sectors.
Existing rapid diagnostic tests for priority pathogens exhibit insufficient validation alongside limited clinical sensitivity and specificity.
Current countermeasure financing overwhelmingly favors vaccines, leaving pandemic preparedness vulnerable without parallel investments in diagnostics and therapeutics.
Non-binding policy resolutions risk failure in low-income settings without dedicated international financing mechanisms such as the Pandemic Fund.

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Policy review reveals critical validation and financing gaps for rapid diagnostic tests during outbreaks, highlighting the need to align diagnostic investment with vaccine development.

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Yimer et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa923ea65c13be784461ec6 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014386

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Policy review reveals critical validation and financing gaps for rapid diagnostic tests during outbreaks, highlighting the need to align diagnostic investment with vaccine development.

Rapid diagnostic test: a critical need for outbreak preparedness and response for high priority pathogens

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Rapid diagnostic test: a critical need for outbreak preparedness and response for high priority pathogens

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