LABit Dx, Chembio raise HIV awareness

IN celebration of the World AIDS Day, LABit Dx, a subsidiary of Philab Holdings, recently conducted a seminar to raise awareness on the importance of early screening of human immunode

Focusing on the availability of HIV rapid and accurate point-ofcare (POC) tools in the country, the event was led by EMEA and APAC Regions of Chembio Diagnostics Systems Inc President Robert Passas. It was also attended by local group and industry leaders such as Ronnievinn Pagtakhan of Love Yourself PH and Nick Magno Jr. of Positive Action Foundation Philippines.

“Awareness on HIV early screening is important because most HIV- positive individuals are not aware that they are infected nor do they even want to From left: Therese Perez, president of LABit Dx; Tom Navasero, chairman and president of Philab Holdings Corp; and Robert Passas, president of EMEA and APAC Regions of Chembio Diagnostics Systems Inc. LABit Dx President Therese Perez. be administered by a regular inwithin the region by 2018. LABit Today, HIV screening test kits dividual. LABit Dx and Chembio Dx’s core business is to provide can only be used under the superaim to develop an HIV screening early screening tools for profesvision of physicians and cannot test that is projected to be available sional and self-use.