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Author Archives: Beverley Snell
Popularising Generic Medicines through Yagshagana Theatre
SAKARA along with Drug Action Forum – Karnataka (DAF-K) – have come together to promote the concept of use of generic medicines through the performance of Yagshagana – a theatre form that combines dance, music, dialogue, costume, make-up and stage … Continue reading
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Report of the ReAct South East Asia Regional Meeting: Community, Hospital and Policy Interventions to Manage and Control Antibiotic Resistance
21 – 23 November 2014, Penang, Malaysia Shila Kaur ReAct South East Asia (ReAct SEA) recently brought together 35 participants from the region to a meeting in Penang, to discuss community, health and policy interventions to manage and control antibiotic resistance … Continue reading
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Malaysia: Antibiotic Resistance Awareness
Malaysia November 2014 Community engagement on rational use of antibiotics Following the written agreement between Action on Antibiotic Resistance (ReAct) South East Asia, Discipline of Social & Administrative Pharmacy (DSAP, under Universiti Sains Malaysia’s School of Pharmaceutical Sciences) and Yayasan Bina Ilmu … Continue reading
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FTAs: Trade Fears MJA Insight
Malcolm Forbes and Harris Eyre Monday, 17 November, 2014 https://www.mja.com.au/insight/2014/43/malcolm-forbes-harris-eyre-trade-fears One of these regional FTAs is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This agreement includes 12 countries that form the Pacific Rim, including Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US as well … Continue reading
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Antibiotic Awareness Week 17-23 November 2014
The development of antibiotics was one of the most important advances of medicine. Now, because of the overuse and misuse of antibiotics, bacterial infections that were once easily cured with antibiotics are becoming harder to treat. This is because bacteria have developed antibiotic resistance. The World … Continue reading
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BBC News 6 November 2014: Pharmaceutical industry gets high on fat profits
By Richard Anderson, Business reporter, BBC News Pharmaceutical industry gets high on fat profits By Richard Anderson, Business reporter, BBC News Imagine an industry that generates higher profit margins than any other and is no stranger to multibillion dollar fines … Continue reading
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Medical tourism safety fears
MJA InSight Monday, 10 November, 2014 https://www.mja.com.au/insight/2014/42/medical-tourism-safety-fears Sarah Colver SAFETY fears about the growth of medical tourism have been heightened as an Australian health insurer forges ahead with dental and cosmetic surgery packages in Thailand. In a Perspectives article published … Continue reading
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Medication error leads to deaths of 15 children in Syria
Here is an example of a ‘preventable’ medication error resulting in the tragic death of 15 children and reported in the recent Lancet Global Health. Copied as fair use. The chaotic condition in Syria may have contributed to this tragedy. … Continue reading
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MSF responds to second Wikileaks release of Trans-Pacific Partnership text
MSF responds to second Wikileaks release of Trans-Pacific Partnership text 16 October, 2014 https://www.msfaccess.org/content/msf-responds-second-wikileaks-release-trans-pacific-partnership-text Today [Oct16, 2014] Wikileaks published a revised copy of the intellectual property chapter from the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations: https://wikileaks.org/tpp-ip2/ The leaked document — dated … Continue reading
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Falsified medicines in Africa: all talk, no action
2014 Newton et al. Open access article published under the terms of CCBY. Published by Elsevier Ltd. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(14)70279-7/fulltext#aff2 The Lancet Global Health, Volume 2, Issue 9 , Pages e509 – e510, September 2014 doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70279-7 Poor-quality medicines and medical products, both substandard … Continue reading
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