Japan, Oct. 7 -- The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide 30,000 Japan-developed "QuickNavi (TM) -Ebola" Ebola virus antigen rapid diagnostic kits to support efforts to combat the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On September 22, an initial batch of 550 units was handed over to the country's National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) as part of the emergency response.At the handover ceremony: INRB Director Muyembe (third from the left, recipient of the 3rd Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize), JICA Democratic Republic of the Congo Office Chief Representative Okitsu (third from the right), and officials from the INRB and JICAThis donation of diagnostic kits was carried out as part of t...