MEDFORD, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 2006--Chembio Diagnostics, Inc. (OTCBB:CEMI) has received its first order from the new Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) established recently under the auspices of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The order is for 50,000 HIV 1/2 STAT-PAK(TM) tests to be used in connection with the ongoing scale-up of rapid testing in Nigeria. This ramp up in testing will be necessary in order for the country, one of the fifteen original PEPFAR focus countries, to meet its HIV treatment targets under PEPFAR and other programs.
