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PRNewswire - November 20, 2001
With a population of 23 million, 1.2 million of whom live with HIV/AIDS, Uganda is the African continent's pioneer and unparalleled leader in addressing issues related to education, containment, reduction and treatment of AIDS, and has one of the best and largest NGO distribution networks in health care in all of Africa. Its success in reducing the growth rate of AIDS is largely attributable to government and private sector initiatives for Voluntary Counseling and Testing Control in education and screening programs that began in 1996, making it one of the most qualified nations to receive financial and technical aid from multilateral world organizations.
Barry Peters, chairman of WDI, said, "WDI has targeted Uganda as a leading nation in the fight against AIDS, just as WDI itself has been a pioneer of low cost, effective, point-of-care AIDS testing on the African continent. Uganda's Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) distribution networks in healthcare are amongst the most comprehensive programs on a continent with a population of more than 771 million people. WDI expects to offer Uganda some of the most beneficial results from its healthcare expenditures. We have been working closely with public and private interests to build confidence in our ability to deliver affordable products, technical support, education and training aids that will support Ugandan priorities of improving healthcare."
Peters continued, "Annual business for WDI in Rapid Tests, HIV, STD's, TB and malaria kits should exceed $1,000,000 during the first year of shipments, which could begin as early as January 2002. WDI expects that this penetration into the public sector could lead to a similar amount of NGO private sector business by mid-year 2002."
About World Diagnostics, Inc. and GLOBALeMED.com
World Diagnostics, Inc. is a leading provider of a wide range of medical diagnostic and laboratory products worldwide. The Company offers a simplified way to purchase those products through its GLOBALeMED system, which also provides medical professionals access to critical technical data and information, training aids and online customer support.
The Company's network of distributors and GLOBALeMED partners now covers 84 countries, offering the most comprehensive resource for most medical diagnostic tests and laboratory products, of which about 1,000 are World Diagnostic-branded. Numerous other products are also sold through distributors and directly to medical professionals, hospitals, physician offices, clinical laboratories and retail drug stores. For more information about the Company and its products, visit or http://www.worlddiagnostics.com or http://www.otcfn.com/wdgi.
Contact: World Diagnostics: Barry Peters, Chairman, 310-234-9535, e-mail: bpeters@worlddiagnostics.com; Investor Relations: OTC Financial Network, Rick Iler, 781-444-6100 or 877-882-1640, ext. 648, email: riler@otcfn.com, http://www.otcfn.com/wdgi.
Except for historical matters contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect the assumptions and involve risk and uncertainties, which may affect World Diagnostics, Inc.'s business and prospects and cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements.
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