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Medical
Services to Supply Law Enforcement Agencies
With HIV Test Kits
July 7, 2005
Medical Services International Inc. (OTC: MSITF) is pleased to
announce that it has received a Letter of Commitment from the
Shanghai Police Department that it will be using the VScan HIV test
kit. The test kits will be deployed as part of their regular
equipment for use in the field as well as in their rehabilitation
centers.
In a published article on Monday July 4, 2005 it was indicated by
the National Institute of infectious Diseases that HIV/AIDS appears
to be spreading along drug trafficking routes extending from Yunnan
Province to Southeast Asia. Since 1989, HIV infections have been
discovered among intravenous drug users in Western Yunnan Province
and spread to Xinjiang Uighur and Guang Xizhuan regions. Researchers
have discovered two strains of HIV. They believe the strains found
in China have traveled from Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and India. The
VScan HIV rapid test kits is one of the few kits that has been found
to detect both strains making it a valuable tool in this area.
The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS estimates that 840,000
people are infected with HIV in China. This figure is expected to
rise to 10 million by 2010 if left unchecked. The VScan HIV test kit
has been found to be accurate, fast, requires no refrigeration or
medical facilities and is ideal for remote regions. It is perfect
for the regions indicated. The Company feels that as a result of its
existing contracts and the contracts that it is currently
negotiating in China and Southeast Asia that it will be instrumental
in helping China control its HIV problem. Use by organizations like
law enforcement agencies will make the VScan HIV kits an important
part of the first line of defense in stopping the spread of HIV in
China.
About VScan ™
The VScan™
rapid test kit is a single use, easy to use, test for the screening of
HIV 1&2, Hepatitis B&C, Tuberculosis (TB), Dengue Fever and West Nile,
Malaria, Syphilis, and Prostate Cancer. The kits cannot be sold in
Canada.
For further information contact:
Robert Talbot at 780-430-6363 or
Bill Whitehead, Jr., 416-822-5883
Medical Services International Inc. trades in the United States on the
NQB Pinksheets under the symbol "MSITF". |