Medications
Medicine stockouts are a problem in South Africa's clinics: How pharmacist assistants can help
Primary healthcare clinics are the main healthcare access point for millions of South Africans.
Mar 17, 2023
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Vaccination
BioNTech mobile mRNA vaccine labs reach Rwanda
Six mobile vaccine production units by German pharma company BioNTech arrived in Rwanda on Monday, the first such shipments to Africa as the continent seeks to boost mRNA vaccine manufacturing.
Mar 13, 2023
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Health
Malnutrition rises in pregnant women in 12 at-risk countries
Acute malnutrition among pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers has increased by 25% in the past two years in 12 countries hard hit by rising food prices fueled by the fighting in Ukraine, according to a new United Nations ...
Mar 7, 2023
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Medications
Benefits of valoctocogene roxaparvovec persist in hemophilia A
For patients with hemophilia A, factor VIII activity and bleeding reduction persist at two years after gene transfer with valoctocogene roxaparvovec, which delivers a B-domain-deleted factor VIII coding sequence with an adeno-associated ...
Mar 3, 2023
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Medical economics
What will it take to boost Africa's vaccine production?
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of vaccines in controlling infectious disease in sub-Saharan Africa and renewed interest in vaccine research and development across the continent.
Mar 1, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Obesity in pregnant women could alter structure and function of placenta, raising poor health outcome risk
Maternal obesity alters the structure of the placenta (a vital organ that nourishes the baby during pregnancy) more than gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM; a condition characterized by poor glucose control in pregnancy).
Feb 27, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
South Africa records first cholera death in over a decade
South African health authorities on Thursday announced the country's first cholera death in more than a decade.
Feb 23, 2023
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Health
One woman dies every 2 mins in pregnancy, childbirth: UN
A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth complications, despite maternal mortality rates dropping by a third in 20 years, the United Nations said Thursday.
Feb 23, 2023
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Medications
HIV drug may be linked to increased risk of hypertension
In 2019, the World Health Organization formally recommended the drug dolutegravir (DTG) as the preferred antiretroviral therapy (ART) for people living with HIV in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), citing that it is ...
Feb 22, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
Study suggests dapivirine vaginal ring is safe to use as HIV prevention during breastfeeding
A monthly vaginal ring containing the antiretroviral drug dapivirine—an HIV prevention method that has been approved in several African countries and recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) –appears to be safe ...
Feb 22, 2023
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