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Substandard and falsified medicines: global and local efforts to address a growing problem Subscription
Substandard and falsified medicines pose a risk to public health all around the world.
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Pharmacy academic tells UN forum of need for gender parity science prize Subscription
Speaking at the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science Forum in New York, Oksana Pyzik said measures to redress gender bias in public health and medicine could include establishing an award for gender parity in the sciences.
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Chief medical officer warns antibiotic resistance could signal 'end of modern medicine'
England’s chief medical officer Sally Davies has warned that if antibiotics lose their effectiveness it would spell “the end of modern medicine”.
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Invest in pharmaceutical services to drive universal healthcare, FIP says
Achieving universal health coverage requires investment in the pharmaceutical workforce, the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has warned.
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World Health Organization looks to eliminate threat of hepatitis B and C Subscription
The World Health Organization’s Marc Bulterys on the agency’s efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis by scaling up screening and improving access to new and effective drugs
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The World Health Organization warns of increasing HIV drug resistance and issues new guidelines to address threat Subscription
Meg Caroline Doherty from the World Health Organization discusses the increasing number of cases HIV drug resistance, and the new guidelines and global action plan developed by the WHO to help countries address the threat.
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Q&A: Progress in seasonal influenza vaccines but world still short of capacity for pandemic vaccines Subscription
Marie-Paule Kieny from the World Health Organization discusses efforts over the past decade by the global agency to enhance seasonal influenza vaccine efficacy and production capacity, to ensure there is sufficient pandemic vaccine production, and to promote the effective development and deployment of pandemic vaccines by developing countries.
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Q&A: WHO director-general candidates’ views on global health Subscription
Six candidates in the race to be director-general of the World Health Organization outline their priorities and vision for global health.
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Q&A: World Bank warns that inaction on antimicrobial resistance could increase healthcare costs in developing countries Subscription
Tim Evans from the World Bank Group talks about new research that shows how inaction on antimicrobial resistance could wipe out decades of healthcare gains and dramatically increase healthcare costs in developing countries.
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Unicef secures deal to buy pentavalent vaccine at half its current price
The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has secured a deal to purchase the pentavalent vaccine — a combination of five vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenza type b — at an average price of US$0.84, half what the agency pays now.
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