These diagnostic Tests are important in Human Life

New Delhi, May 16: Today, many people are unable to get tested for diseases because they cannot access diagnostic services. Many are incorrectly diagnosed. As a result, they do not receive the treatment they need and, in some cases, may actually receive the wrong treatment.

For example, an estimated 46% of adults with Type 2 diabetes worldwide are undiagnosed, risking serious health complications and higher health costs. Late diagnosis of infectious diseases such as HIV and tuberculosis increases the risk of spread and makes them more difficult to treat.

In this regard, The World Health Organisation on Tuesday released a list of essential diagnostic tests in a bid to prevent incorrect diagnosis. The catalogue, which will be updated on a regular basis, aims to diagnose common conditions as well as a number of global priority diseases.

"An accurate diagnosis is the first step to getting effective treatment," said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. "No one should suffer or die because of a lack of diagnostic services, or because the right tests were not available."

The database includes 113 tests with a focus on in vitro testing (tests of human specimens like blood and urine). The list specifies 58 tests for the detection and diagnosis of a wide range of common conditions and 55 tests for the “detection, diagnosis and monitoring of priority diseases such as human immunodeficiency virus, tuberculosis, malaria, hepatitis B and C, human papillomavirus and syphilis”.