Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Ruth Langa LUSAKA, Apr 30 (IPS) – Zambia is pushing forward with formulating an anti-counterfeit draft law which will include medicines, despite the controversy that has surrounded similar laws in East Africa and despite having existing legislation which has been used to successfully prosecute counterfeiters of medicines. Kenneth Musamvu, [...]
HEALTH: Southern Researchers Fill Gap on Neglected Diseases
November 3, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Stephen Leahy CANCUN, Mexico, Nov 3 (IPS) – With HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis occupying the global health spotlight, few resources are devoted to the ”neglected tropical diseases” like dengue fever, hookworm infection and schistosomiasis that afflict some one billion people. Now, small medical companies in emerging economies offer real [...]
HEALTH: Vaccines, Antibiotics Could Slash Pneumonia Deaths
November 2, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Chryso D’Angelo UNITED NATIONS, Nov 2 (IPS) – Seven-month-old Marta lived in the central highlands of Guatemala when she came down with a high fever and rapid, shallow breathing. The local community health worker diagnosed her with severe pneumonia, gave her a dose of antibiotics, and advised her grandfather [...]
