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Drug-Resistant TB is Global Threat
The medical aid group -- Doctors without Borders -- warns that drug-resistant tuberculosis has become a global threat. It says despite the growing number of cases, there are no effective treatments.
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Focus Heightens on Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Nigeria is better off preventing diseases than attempting cures on a continent with some of the highest disease burdens, say experts. This comes as the first indigenous vaccine manufacturer, Innovative Vaccines, launched in Nigeria.
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Weekly Roundup – 3/15/14: What it might take to change the mind of ‘vaccine truthers’
What if affluent "vaccine truthers" saw firsthand the reality of life in the developing world, where death and debilitating illnesses are the daily result of infectious diseases for which the prevention has been known for decades?
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The quest for WHO prequalification by pharmaceutical firms
Annually, millions of patients in resource-limited countries receive life-saving medicines that are purchased by or through international procurement agencies such as World Health Organisation (WHO), United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), UNITAID and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
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Big Pharma still betting on “messed up” Indian drugs market
Global drugmakers have had a nauseous time in India's $14 billion market. Prices have dropped and valuable patents have been overruled as the authorities strive to make medicines affordable for the 70 percent of people living on less than $2 a day.
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Malaria spreads to higher altitudes due to global warming
Malaria, the deadly mosquito-borne virus that brings debilitating chills and fever in many parts of Southeast Asia and Africa may soon seek higher altitudes on account of global warming, experts warn. New research has found that people living in the highlands of Africa and South America are at an increased risk of catching malaria during hotter years.
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German Company Wins Inaugural EU Prize For Innovative Vaccine Technology
The European Commission offered the prize, worth EUR2 million, to encourage inventors to overcome one of the biggest barriers to using vaccines in developing countries: the need to keep them stable at any ambient temperature.
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India pledges new low-cost drugs to developing nations
Stressing that India's pharmaceutical technology was appropriate for Africa, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said India is committed to making available to developing countries newer generation life-saving drugs also.
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