Tuberculosis is one of the most common diseases in the world, and a large number of people in the world are suffering from this disease, and medical science always tries to prevent the spread of the tuberculosis bacterial infection and lead to complete treatment of this disease.
World TB Day is observed every year on March 24. “Yes! We can end TB!” The 2023 theme for this day tries to motivate world leaders to take action to stop the TB epidemic.
Tuberculosis infects more than 10 million people annually. The disease is preventable, treatable, and curable. Accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis early in the infection cycle can help speed up treatment and curb the spread of the disease.
Early diagnosis of TB remains the biggest barrier to treatment compliance. For TB to be completely eradicated, we need a well-equipped public health infrastructure that can detect pulmonary infections early before the disease has a chance to spread.
Today, having reliable laboratory diagnostic kits that provide accurate and fast results is one of the basic needs of medical diagnostic laboratories in the country, which has been achieved by relying on the power and knowledge of domestic manufacturing companies. For example, Amirpayvand Research and Development Company, is one of the leading companies in the field of laboratory diagnostic reagent kits, that currently producing and offering various IVD products in the field of tuberculosis diagnosis under AP-RAD brand in the domestic market. Among these products are TB fluorochrome staining kit, Mycobacteria DNA extraction kit, and for the first time in the country, it has succeeded in producing and obtaining an IVD license from the General Department of Medical Equipment of the Ministry of Health to produce a multiplex PCR kit for the qualitative diagnosis of NTM & MTC in the country.