Annual prize established to recognise "Voices for Diagnosis"

An annual prize called “Voices for Diagnosis” has been established by the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) to recognise individuals and groups that implement approaches to improve access and create demand for timely and cost-effective diagnostic solutions for infectious diseases.

The prize is open to patient groups as well as health and rights advocacy organisations which develop solutions to combat diseases in low and middle-income countries. Three awards of $10,000 will be made available for 2018/19 under the theme: 'Get rational: protecting antibiotics by promoting approaches that support evidence-based prescribing'; with awards presented for initiatives that have taken innovative approaches to decrease the inappropriate prescription of antibiotics through better diagnostic solutions.

It will be adjudicated by the Diagnostics Ambassadors, an informal network of thought leaders from diverse disciplines who help champion the important role played by diagnostics in global health, with FIND, BD and Johnson & Johnson contributing to the prize fund.