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Malaria Takes Toll on Africa's Economies 20 Aug 2008 06:16 GMT
... malaria community from the East and Southern Africa regions came together in Lusaka, Zambia for ... due to the dishonest practices of some pharmaceutical manufacturers that are producing fake or substandard ... in six malaria endemic African countries namely: Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda. In ...
More diseases surface as bush meat eating rises 19 Aug 2008 23:19 GMT
... the threat zoonotic diseases pose to sub-Saharan Africa in particular and the world generally. According ... also the lack of government regulation of pharmacies many of which sell drugs without a ... to the decline of fish stocks in West Africa. According to experts, people substitute wildlife for ...
Experts seek improved management of hypertensive disorders in Nigeria 19 Aug 2008 03:14 GMT
... disease is more common among blacks of African origin and affects more women than men. It ... the disease causes kidney failure “when the malignant phase develops.” Amam Mbakwem, a senior lecturer/consultant ... advised doctors to be mindful of the pharmacodynamics (direct effect of drug at site of ...
'Pain treatment is a human right '� We should be able to guarantee it to anyone' 18 Aug 2008 23:56 GMT
... week. Thousands of scientists, doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and patients have descended on the city ... and Vietnam. There are also programmes in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa, but in other African countries there are ...
Nigeria sues Pfizer for $8.5bn 18 Aug 2008 20:07 GMT
... Kano - A court case brought by Nigeria against ... Pfizer resumes on Tuesday with the US drug maker saying it answered a call for help to save the lives of African children during a meningitis epidemic. Nigeria alleges ...

International Youth Foundation Honors 20 Youth Leaders as YouthActionNet(R) Global Fellows 18 Aug 2008 18:30 GMT
... basic nutritional needs by teaching them to create self-sustaining community gardens. Bright Simons, 27, Ghana: Simons co-founded mPedigree to combat alarming rates of pharmaceutical fraud in Africa. Through the initiative, consumers verify the authenticity of the drugs they purchase through sending ...
Tech Briefs: Buggy iPhone, European VCs Stingier, Vodafone's Africa Grab 18 Aug 2008 17:52 GMT
... sale of German cancer drug developer U3 Pharma to Japan’s Daiichi Sanko. Vodafone reports it has ... There had been some opposition in the West African country about selling a national asset to a ...
Ghana: "Legislate Permanent Funding for Scientific Research"- Dr. Peter Atadja 18 Aug 2008 12:52 GMT
... the first of its kind in the West African subregion, seeks to build collaborations among scientific researchers ... Citing the US Health Department and the Pharmaceutical industries as expending over 70billion dollars over ...
"Legislate Permanent Funding for Scientific Research"- Dr. Peter Atadja 18 Aug 2008 12:16 GMT
... the first of its kind in the West African subregion, seeks to build collaborations among scientific researchers ... Citing the US Health Department and the Pharmaceutical industries as expending over 70billion dollars over ...
Unable to Put Beef And Fish On the Table, Continent Courts Animal-Spread Diseases [analysis] 17 Aug 2008 04:30 GMT
... the threat zoonotic diseases pose to sub-Saharan Africa in particular and the world generally. According ... to mix with rodents recently imported from Ghana that happened to be carrying the Monkey-pox ... also the lack of government regulation of pharmacies many of which sell drugs without a ...

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