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Press Release: FDA Approves New Treatment for Highly Drug-Resistant Forms of Tuberculosis
"FDA approval of this treatment represents a victory for the people suffering from these highly drug-resistant forms of the world's deadliest infectious disease," said Mel Spigelman, MD, president and CEO of TB Alliance. "The associated novel regimen will hopefully provide a shorter, more easily manageable and highly efficacious treatment for those in need."
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The New Malaria Vaccine Program for African Children Is Promising but Still Quite Limited
The RTS,S vaccine does not provide lifelong protection against malaria, only four in 10 children within a specific age group will benefit.
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More Than 20 Million Children Worldwide Miss Out on the Measles Vaccine Annually, UNICEF Reports
UNICEF said in a report that 169 million children did not receive the first dose of the measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017, a number that equates with about 21.1 million kids annually.
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Innovative Child Malaria Vaccine Test Starts in Malawi
"This is a landmark moment for immunisations, malaria control, and public health," Dr Kate O'Brien, Director of Immunisation and Vaccines at the World Health Organization, told the BBC.
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Colonialists Are Coming For Blood — Literally
Developing nations have protested before that richer countries and their corporations should compensate them for their biological resources. They consider it colonialism for the bioprospecting age: Instead of stripping the developing world of its precious metals, timber, or minerals, the nations of the West are mining for microbes and other biological source materials.
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Deal gives resource-limited countries affordable access to ID testing
The Hologic Global Access Initiative will provide countries with affordable molecular diagnostics testing for HIV, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and HPV, according to a news release. The countries eligible for the program, which are largely in Africa and Southeast Asia, comprise 90% of the global HIV burden.
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Viewpoint: Public, Private Sectors Must Work Together to Manage Next Pandemic
History has taught us that there will be future deadly global pandemics. We therefore need to invest in better tools, effective early detection and a more robust global response system.
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Failing to Scale: Fixing Common Missteps in mHealth Ventures
Telemedicine or mHealth systems have great potential to bolster fragile health care systems in the developing world. However, these programs often fail to survive beyond the pilot phase. A team at the Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship Program at Penn State studied 35 telemedicine and mHealth projects and discovered six recurring reasons for failure to scale. Program director Khanjan Mehta offers solutions to some common missteps.
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