Health

Egypt's low price hepatitis C treatment attracting foreign patients

As more than a million Egyptians, Ahmed Nada suffered from hepatitis C before finding the path to healing in a country that has become a global destination for patients seeking treatment.

Publication Date: 
11/09/2017
Africa News
Tags:
Health, Egypt, Hepatitis, Drugs, Medical Research, Africa
Health

Health care with Chinese characteristics

FANG YUAN gazes around his crowded shop and says happily that business is booming.

Publication Date: 
02/09/2017
Economist (London)
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China, Health Care, Drugs, Traditional Knowledge
Health

Drugs for poultry set off alarm bells

Multi-drug resistant bacteria are moving from poultry enclosures to agricultural fields, says study

Publication Date: 
01/09/2017
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Poultry, Drugs, Antibiotics, Waste Disposal, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Food Safety, Health Effects, Agriculture, Health
Health

Buzz as world's biggest drone drug deliveries take off in Tanzania

NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tanzania is set to launch the world’s largest drone delivery network in January, with drones parachuting blood and medicines out of the skies to save the live

Publication Date: 
30/08/2017
Reuters (Africa)
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Health, Tanzania, Drugs, Science And Technology, Africa, Health Care
Health

Unsupervised primaquine for the treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria relapses in southern Papua: A hospital-based cohort study

Primaquine is the only licensed drug for eradicating Plasmodium vivax hypnozoites and, therefore, preventing relapses of vivax malaria. It is a vital component of global malaria elimination efforts. Primaquine is efficacious when supervised in clinical trials, but its effectiveness in real-world settings is unknown. We aimed to determine whether unsupervised primaquine was effective for preventing re-presentation to hospital with vivax malaria in southern Papua, Indonesia.

Publication Date: 
29/08/2017
Nicholas M. Douglas, Jeanne Rini Poespoprodjo, Dewi Patriani & et al
PLoS Medicine
1-19
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Malaria, Vector Borne Diseases, Drugs, Indonesia, Health Care
Health

Anti-inflammatory drug 'cuts heart attack risk'

Anti-inflammatory drugs could cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes, a study of 10,000 patients suggests.

Publication Date: 
29/08/2017
BBC (UK)
Tags:
Health, Drugs, Heart Diseases, Preventive Medicine
Health

‘Any flu Tamiflu’ may not be a good idea, virus can develop resistance, says experts

A study which appeared in the National Centre for Biotechnology Information’s (NCBI) journal suggests that constant surveillance and data gathering of patients who have consumed Oseltamivir has to

Publication Date: 
29/08/2017
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Drugs, Swine Flu, Infectious Diseases, Influenza, WHO, Medical Research, Health
Health

Antimicrobial resistance: The complex challenge of measurement to inform policy and the public

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is increasing in a wide range of pathogens, causing morbidity and mortality globally, and threatening modern medicine. While the long-term impact of AMR on human societies remains uncertain, the conservation of antimicrobials’ effectiveness has become an urgent priority. Tackling this ubiquitous problem requires coordination among countries and across sectors that include human and animal health, the environment, development, and trade.

Publication Date: 
17/08/2017
Didier Wernli, Peter S. Jørgensen, Stephan Harbarth & et al
PLoS Medicine
1-9
Tags:
Micro Organisms, Drugs, Antibiotics, Health Effects
Health

Draft Pharmaceutical Policy, 2017

After years of constant denial, it appears that in the draft policy, the government is finally ready to accept that there is a problem with the drugs that are manufactured and sold in India.

Publication Date: 
17/08/2017
Department of Pharmaceuticals
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Drugs, Drug Industry, India
Health

After 9 deaths, 58 positive cases, swine flu gives Punjab a summer scare

Such is the situation that Patiala’s Rajindra Medical College has exhausted its stock of testing kits and the lab is now waiting for kits from the Centre.

Publication Date: 
11/08/2017
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Swine Flu, Influenza, Infectious Diseases, Health Effects, Drugs, Health

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