The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China-based WONDFO BIOTECH Ltd. to begin local production of HIV diagnostic kits in Nigeria. This partnership is set to improve access to reliable HIV testing, encourage local manufacturing of HIV diagnostic reagents, and support Nigeria’s fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS while strengthening healthcare self-sufficiency.
Dr. Temitope Ilori, Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), made the announcement on Wednesday in Abuja, as WONDFO donated 4,000 HIV test kits in preparation for World AIDS Day. Related Stories President Tinubu appoints first female Director-General of NACA, Dr.
Temitope Ilori “The WONDFO community recently in China signed a MoU with feedback on unlocking the value chain initiative of President Tinubu, to ensure that we have domestic production of the reagent of the test kits and other HIV commodities. “I want to commend you for this initiative, and we look forward to seeing your domestic plants here in Nigeria,” she stated. She expressed gratitude to WONDFO for the donated commodities, noting that this initiative would help in the fight to end the AIDS epidemic in Nigeria.
“This will ensure that individuals can actually test for HIV, even in the comfort of their homes, We are happy to have this kit with us, and we want to assure you that we’re going to give it judicious use,” she said Mr. Bravo Ouhabru, WONDFO’s Country Representative.
