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A BBC News report on the use of a portable PointCare NOW blood-testing device at Bwindi Community Hospital in rural Uganda, where Dr Paul Williams’ team packs the machine into a ‘community ambulance’ to deliver HIV testing and monitoring to remote villages near the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. The device counts CD4 T-cells from a blood sample within ten minutes, allowing health workers to track the immune status of HIV-positive patients in areas with no paved roads, public transport or nearby clinics.