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Opinion: I cried tears of loss and rage at the World Hepatitis Summit

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At this year’s World Hepatitis Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, the World Hepatitis Alliance presented me with an award that recognized my leadership as the organization’s president and my advocacy efforts to “improve the lives of people living with viral hepatitis.”

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STAT+: After a high-profile pressure campaign, Cepheid agrees to sell a TB test at cost

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Each year, 10 million people fall ill with the disease, which is most prevalent in India, Indonesia, China, and Nigeria. million people die from TB each year, making it the world’s top infectious killer, according to the World Health Organization. Despite being preventable and curable, 1.5

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Pioneering malaria vaccine gains regulatory clearance

European Pharmaceutical Review

The R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford , has been approved for use in Ghana (13 April 2023) and was authorised for use in Nigeria on 17 April. Granted full national licensure by the country’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA Ghana), it is authorised for children aged 5 to 36 months.

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Pharma pollution ‘threatens world environment, health’; study

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One in four of the world’s rivers are polluted with potentially toxic levels of pharma compounds, according to a new study. The post Pharma pollution ‘threatens world environment, health’; study appeared first on. The research is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal.

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Pharmacopoeias to further support vaccine development and supply

European Pharmaceutical Review

The PQM+ Program was established to strengthen regulatory and/or manufacturing capacity in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, and South Africa, and thereby expand access to COVID-19 vaccines. The GBT assesses regulatory functions against a set of more than 260 indicators.

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Preventing the next pandemic: Infrastructure and global equity

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In other reports , some countries, such as Nigeria, Rwanda, Kenya, and Indonesia, have had to destroy vaccines received from Europe and North American because they were delivered too close to their expiry dates to be used. According to the organizations, only 11% of people on the continent had received their first two vaccines.

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12 health benefits of papaya

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It’s cultivated in many parts of the world, including India, Brazil, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Mexico—along with Hawaii, California, Texas, and Florida in the United States. Papaya (Carica papaya), also called pawpaw, is a large, oblong tropical fruit with smooth skin and sweet flesh.