Medical data technology company Advanced Biological Laboratories (ABL) SA and non-government organisation Right to Care have collaborated to strengthen HIV treatment and prevention through the use of data analytics.
Right to Care is a non-profit organisation which supports and provides prevention, care and treatment for HIV and TB.
According to the companies, through a recently signed agreement, Right to Care will gain exclusive distribution rights to ABL's medical open source and online portals in 17 African countries.
The agreement covers a list of ABL software, including electronic medical record systems, viral hepatitis Web register, women's health Web register, a consolidation and reporting platform specifically designed for medical data and the related data analysis platform (ViroScore and DeepChek) software which has been in-vitro diagnostic certified.
The medical information accessed will be used to advance the development, testing and scaling of innovative approaches that increase HIV (and other infectious disease) testing, care and treatment.
"This is the first time in ABL history where we have provided access to the source code of our products to improve and adapt them to local needs," says Dr Chalom Sayada, CEO of ABL.
"Through our relationship with Right to Care, we aim to provide broadest access at local pricing to contribute to improved patient clinical outcomes. Our large product portfolio consists of clinical and laboratory software, drug resistance and genotyping products in the field of infectious diseases (HIV, TB, Viral Hepatitis and other infectious diseases).
"With the experience of Right to Care, we will build personalised tools, enable current and future programs led by the president's emergency plan for Aids relief and NGOs, to address specific needs to help the local populations and authorities benefit from optimal patient management systems and products."
ABL says the implementation vehicle for this collaboration is Qode, a joint venture between the Right to Care Group and the Foundation for Professional Development Group.
Qode is a local company that enables healthcare organisations to explore clinical and operational data through visual analytics to discover insights which lead to improvements in care, reduced costs and delivering higher value to patients.
The company will use the electronic medical record data and related clinical software systems to serve as the foundation for the improvement of HIV and other infectious disease treatment, says ABL.
Professor Ian Sanne, CEO of Right to Care, says: "We are grateful for ABL's vision to support developing countries with crucial data analysis requirements. We trust this collaboration will be mutually beneficial."
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