Organizations such as Doctors without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) provide emergency medical assistance to populations that do not have access to medical care. In the various settings in which MSF works, the absence of suitable diagnostic tests is far more the rule than the exception. The need for reliable diagnostics is closely linked to the need for safe and effective treatments, and many of the diseases considered 'neglected' in terms of treatment are equally neglected in terms of diagnosis.
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