GDF is the largest global provider of quality-assured tuberculosis (TB)
medicines, diagnostics, and laboratory supplies to the public sector.
Since 2001, GDF has facilitated access to high-quality TB care in over 130
countries, providing treatments to over 30 million people with TB and procuring
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and delivering more than $200 million worth of diagnostic equipment
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Department of Behavioural Medicine, Lagos State University College of Medicine Ikeja, Lagos Nigeria
Global Mental Health (2015), 2, e5, page 1 of 12. doi:10.1017/gmh.2015.8;
Received 29 January 2015; Revised 8 April 2015; Accepted 15 April 2015
Global UNIDO Project: Strengthening the local production of essential generic drugs in the least developed and developing countries
Principles and Target Product Criteria. Roadmap January 12, 2015
with recommended essential medicines for common diseases in patients in Stockholm County Council (Healthcare Region), Sweden
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Volume 106: Issue 1 p.12-14.he piece highlights a body of research that suggests tiny plastic particles could disrupt immune and endocrine systems, damage organs, and cause other health problems. “Without a fundamental reimagining of global... industrial practices, we will continue to see dire impacts on the climate, the planet and our health
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ຢາຕ້ານເຊື້ອຈຸລະຊີບ (Antimicrobial medicines) ມີຄວາມສໍາຄັນຫຼາຍຕໍ່ວຽກງານການແພດ, ສາທາລະນະສຸກ, ສຸຂະພາບສັດ ແລະ ການຜະລິດອາຫານ. ເນ...່ອງຈາກວ່າ ຢາດັ່ງກ່າວນີ້ ແມ່ນໃຊ້ເພື່ອປ້ອງກັນ ແລະ ປິ່ນປົວພະຍາດຊືມເຊື້ອ ທີ່ມີ ຈໍາພວກເຊື້ອຈຸລິນຊີ (Bacteria) ເປັນຫນື່ງໃນສາເຫດທີ່ເຮັດໃຫ້ຄົນ ແລະ ສັດເສຍຊີວິດ ໃຫ້ຫຼຸດລົງໄດ້ ແລະ ມີບົດບາດຫຼາຍໃນວົງ ການແພດແຜນປະຈຸບັນ ເປັນຕົ້ນແມ່ນ ການຜ່າຕັດ ຊຶ່ງມີຄວາມສ່ຽງຕໍ່ການຕິດເຊື້ອໄດ້ງ່າຍຈຶ່ງຈໍາເປັນຕ້ອງໄດ້ເພິ່ງພາຢາຕ້ານເຊື້ອຈຸລະ ຊີບ ທີ່ມີປະສິດທິພາບເພື່ອປ້ອງກັນ ແລະ ປິ່ນປົວການຕິດເຊື້ອທີ່ອາດເກີດຂຶ້ນ. ນອກຈາກນີ້ແລ້ວ ມັນຍັງມີຄວາມຈໍາເປັນສໍາລັບ ປ້ອງກັນ ແລະ ປິ່ນປົວ ໃນວຽກງານສັດຕະວະແພດ ແລະ ການກະສິກໍາ ເປັນຕົ້ນ: ການລ້ຽງສັດ, ການປະມົງ, ການປູກຝັງ ແລະ ມີຄວາມສໍາຄັນຕໍ່ ສຸຂະພາບສັດ ພືດ ຕ່ອງໂສ້ການຜະລິດອາຫານ ແລະ ເສດຖະກິດຂອງຊາດອີກດ້ວຍ.
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Sub-Saharan African Journal of Medicine: Year : 2014 | Volume : 1 | Issue : 1 | Page : 1-14
Le Infezioni in Medicina, n. 1, 3-10, 2019
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine | Vol 7, No 2 | a770 | 06 December 2018
An Act to repeal the Dangerous Medicines Act of 1973,to ensure the availability of certain drugs for exclusive medical, scientific and related purposes, while preventing their abuse; to prevent the diversion from lawful trade of controlled chemicals, controlled equipment and controlled materials for... use in the unlawful manufacture of such drugs; to render drug trafficking and related conduct as serious criminal offences and to ensure that trafficking and related conducted as serious criminal offences and to ensure that offenders or suspects are brought to justice; to render certain conduct by drug users as criminal offences, to provide for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug abusing or dependent offenders; to establish the Lesotho Narcotics Bureau; and for related matters.
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What recommendations did the assessment produce?
• Developing guidelines and plans to further the process of SRH and Hiv integration.
• Training stakeholders at different levels of the health system on how to integrate activities.
• Establishing mechanisms for collaboration/coordinati...on on SRH and Hiv at different levels.
• Developing plans for SRH and Hiv integration that include: situation analysis; feasibility studies; assessment of needs for reorganizing and reorienting services towards better integration; necessary tools (e.g. job descriptions, work plans); and tools to evaluate service quality and user satisfaction in relation to integration.
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Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública 2017 Vol 34 (2)
En el presente artículo se desarrolla la situación epidemiológica de la TB en el Perú al 2015, los avances en su control, de acuerdo a tres enfoques: biomédico, de gestión pública y de determinantes sociales de la salu...d, y plantea desafíos para hacer frente a la TB en el marco de la Ley 30287 y la estrategia "Fin de la Tuberculosis".
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List of essential medicines for the management of patients admitted in intensive care units with a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of COVID 19. Third version, 1 February 2022
These guidelines have been developed to provide guidance to the Ministry of Health in managing applications for registration of human pharmaceutical products in Rwanda. It was compiled by the Technical Working Group (TWG) on Medicines Evaluation and Registration (MER) of the East African Community M...edicine Regulatory Harmonization (EAC MRH) Project. The group relied on their experiences and knowledge on medicines registration requirements of their individual Countries. World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements of Medicines for Human Use (ICH) and other available literature.
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The occurrence of a high percentage of couterfeit medicines on the global medicines market is often attributed to a lack of effective regulation and a weak enforcement capacity. This review, while focusing on counterfeit medicines and medical devices in developing countries, will present information... on their impact and how these issues can be addressed by regulation and control of the supply chain using technology appropriate to the developing world.
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Early-warning indicators to prevent stock-outs and overstocking of antiretroviral, antituberculosis and antimalaria medicines.
The Pharmacovigilance team in WHO aims to assure the safety of medicines and vaccines by ensuring reliable and timely exchange of information on safety issues, promoting pharmacovigilance activities throughout the Organization and encouraging participation in the WHO Programme for International Drug... Monitoring. This text was developed in consultation with the WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring and the national pharmacovigilance centres participating in the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring.
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The Atlas of health and climate is a product of this unique collaboration between the meteorological and public health communities. It provides sound scientific information on the connections between weather and climate and major health challenges. These range from diseases of poverty to emergencies... arising from extreme weather events and disease outbreaks. They also include environmental degradation, the increasing prevalence of noncommunicable diseases and the universal trend of demographic ageing.
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This interagency report provides recommendations for assuring quality of medicines during key activities of country-level procurement agencies, namely prequalification of pharmaceutical products and manufacturers; purchase of pharmaceutical products; storage of pharmaceutical products; and distribut...ion of pharmaceutical products.
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