French health test company BioMerieux will supply Botswana, one of the most AIDS-afflicted African countries, with tests to detect HIV, it said yesterday.
This is the first time BioMerieux has agreed to supply such tests to Botswana. The company already operates in South Africa and Congo, it added.The company said some 120 000 tests for the virus, which causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, would be conducted every year in the Botswana cities of Gaborone and Francistown.It did not disclose financial details.Nampa-ReutersThe company already operates in South Africa and Congo, it added.The company said some 120 000 tests for the virus, which causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, would be conducted every year in the Botswana cities of Gaborone and Francistown.It did not disclose financial details.Nampa-Reuters
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