Malaria, a disease spread to humans by tropical mosquitoe species and causing symptoms including fever, is endemic in 107 countries with 3 billion people. Over 300 million people are infected by malaria with far more than 1 million death cases annually - including one child every 30 seconds. New reliable diagnostic tools for point-of-care testing therefore play the key role for improving targeted patient support.

The diagnostic solution donated by Partec provides a uniquely easy-to-use, affordable and ultrarapid method for highly sensitive malaria testing by combining a unique class of mobile and battery-operated fluorescence microscopes with ready-to-use test slides which already carry ready prepared dried-in reagents on the slide surface, eliminating any need for cold chain and cold storage as usually required for conventional malaria tests.

“The highly important SADC Malaria Week is a time of unified commemoration of the global effort to provide effective control of malaria”, says Partec’s Chief Executive Officer Roland Göhde. “In this context, the new diagnostic technology for the first time opens the opportunity to bring most reliable Malaria testing to almost every patient, especially in remote areas and those regions suffering from a low level of laboratory infrastructure, limited or missing electricity supply and a shortcut of skilled laboratory personnel.”

The CyScope fluorescence microscopy technology of Partec has been developed and is being produced entirely in Germany, renowned for the long tradition in manufacturing highest quality precision optics and microscopes.

Since 2002, Partec is active in 100 countries worldwide, providing and implementing complete packages of diagnostic solutions for TB, Malaria and HIV/AIDS, specifically designed to meet the requirements of developing, emerging and resource-constrained countries with limited infrastructure.

Partec is a worldwide leading flow cytometry instrumentation developer, manufacturer, and application provider in research and clinical fields headquartered in Germany. Cytomics and Cell Analysis by Flow Cytometry is pioneered by Partec since 1969 when the overall first commercial flow cytometer, the ICP-11, was released. Partec scientists and engineers cover the fields of medicine, biology, physics, optics, fluidics, electronics, and computer technology.

Partec Essential Healthcare division is significantly contributing to addressing the specific requirements of patients by developing, manufacturing, and supplying innovative, dedicated, accurate, affordable, and mobile solutions to where they are needed most for improving human healthcare services.