Ten Principles for Access to Multi-disease Molecular Diagnostics: A Global Call to Action

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Treatment Action Group (TAG) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Access Campaign are pleased to launch the Principles for Access to Multi-disease Molecular Diagnostics. These 10 Access Principles are intended to help country governments, donors, and global health actors work together to navigate the complex process of improving global, regional, and national systems for the procurement and implementation of essential molecular diagnostic tests. The Access Principles recognize that all people at risk of infectious diseases have a right to quality health care and diagnostic testing in accordance with World Health Organization recommendations. The 10 Access Principles articulate approaches and standards that country governments, donors, and global health actors can collaboratively apply to promote competition, increase efficiency, reduce costs, improve the terms and provision of service and maintenance, and put in place measures to ensure that pricing of molecular diagnostics is transparent, fair, equitable, and evidence based.