Republic of The Gambia; Accessed on 31.01.2019
Scientists have known for more than half a century that patients could develop resistance to the drugs used to treat them. Alexander Fleming, who is credited with creating the first antibiotic, penicillin, in 1928, cautioned of the impending crisis while accepting his Nobel prize in 1945: “There ...is the danger that the ignorant man may easily underdose himself and by exposing his microbes to non-lethal quantities of the drug make them resistant.” Since then antibiotics have proved one of the most effective interventions in human medicine. Sadly, the overuse and misuse of this precious resource have brought us to a global crisis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). To address this crisis nearly seven decades after Fleming’s lecture the first UN general assembly meeting on drug resistance bacteria was convened in September 2017.
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تواجه أفريقيا العبء الثلاثي للأمراض المعدية مثل فيروس نقص المناعة البطرية/الإيدز والسل والملاريا؛ الأمراض غير المعدية والاصابات أصبحت أحداث الصحة العامة مثل تفطي ...الأمراض والكوارث من الطواغل الملحة بالنسبة للضمان الاجتماعي ،والصدمات. بالإضافة إلى ذلك والتهديدات الانمائية التي تواجه القارة .أصبحت هدذه الأمراض طائعة ومنتطرة بسرعة في جميع أنحاء القارة، كما هدو الحال في تفطي وفي النص الأول من 8102 الكوليرا الأخير الذي غطى جنوب ووسط وطرق من أفريقيا على مدار العام ونص العام الماضي. في عام حالة تفطي وأحداث صحية عامة على التوالي. لقد كلفت هدذه الأرقام أرواح أعداد كبيرة وعطلت 21 و 011 حدث أكثر من ،8102عام
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The handbook on supply chain management for HIV/AIDS commodities was written to assist program managers to plan and implement day–to-day management of all drugs and medical supplies for an HIV/AIDS program. Many of the suggested techniques described in this handbook are helpfu...l to program managers starting to plan or scale-up provision of drugs and supplies for a HIV/AIDS program. Additionally, some of the information may be helpful to readers who are implementing a new program and may not have robust logistics systems in place. For other readers, this handbook may serve as a checklist of systems and procedures that need to be in place in order to manage the many of the health commodities required for the HIV/AIDS program.
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Towards the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and keeping mothers Alive. 2012-2015
Data from the 2000, 2005, and 2011 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Surveys | This report examines trends in key demographic indicators among youth from the findings of the 2000, 2005, and 2011 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Surveys (EDHS).
Diabetes is a significant public health issue that affects approximately one in 10 adults globally, with type 2 diabetes accounting for 90–95% of cases. This chronic condition causes considerable morbidity and mortality and is growing in impact, with cases projected to rise from 537 million in 202...1 to 784 million by 2045.1 As cases rise, it is imperative to ensure the healthcare workforce is prepared to care for affected individuals. However, there is a growing global shortage of healthcare workers, which was estimated, pre pandemic, to reach 15 million by 2030.2 Therefore, all of the healthcare workforce will need to be utilised to their fullest potential in order to address the growing global burden of diabetes. Pharmacists will continue to be essential in this endeavour.
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