Building sustainable diagnostic ecosystems for global health
Global access to diagnostics is constrained not only by the availability of testing technologies but also by their dependence on costly supply chains that typically originate from a small number of capital-intensive biotechnology hubs. Here, we argue that integrating decentralized diagnostics with local manufacturing and research capacity is essential to building resilient, equitable and sustainable diagnostic ecosystems.
Authors
- Alexander A. Green (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2058-1204)
- Fernán Federici (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9200-5383)
- Camila Gonzalez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4669-8796)
- Severino Jefferson Ribeiro da Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3779-4727)
- Jenny Molloy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3477-8462)
- Adriana Bernal
- Lindomar Pena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1134-5699)
- Keith Pardee
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Conservation International (US)
- Universidad de Los Andes (CO)
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CL)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Millennium Science Initiative (CL)
- Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (CL)
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (BR)
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Reviews Bioengineering
- Published
- 2026-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44222-026-00498-4
- Primary Topic
- Biotechnology and Related Fields
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- International Development Research Centre
- CYTED Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo