HIV drug resistance: brief report 2024
This brief report summarizes recent information on HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) in the era of integrase-strand transfer inhibitors (INSTI) for HIV prevention and treatment. In this report, WHO documents
Drugs
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Tanzania Set to Introduce New HIV Drug
Dar es Salaam — The government plans to include a new generic version of the anti-retroviral drug Dolutegravir (DTG) in the national HIV/Aids treatment protocols. Kenya became the first African country
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Minor scare at GMC as 1 tests positive for swine flu
PANJIM: The staff at Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) got into a state of panic, as two patients were admitted in the hospital with swine flu symptoms. The panic worsened when one of the patients
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Drug shortage in several parts of Tamil Nadu
CHENNAI: A shortage of drugs has affected the state since July 1 when the Goods and Services Tax (GST) kicked in, with dealers and distributors uncertain over the taxation structure and facing software-related
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New single dose drug to relieve HIV patients of pills burden
Kenya has become the first African country to introduce the generic version of the new first-line drug Dolutegravir (DTG) for people living with HIV. Kenya and Unitaid (global health initiative working
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Drug-resistant TB higher among children than expected: report
Diagnosis is complicated due to challenges associated with sample collection While detection of tuberculosis (TB) in children remains a challenge, it has now emerged that Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR)
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Drug Prices of Chronic Disease Slashed by 46 % in Morocco
Rabat – Drugs prices for several common chronic disease medications have been reduced by 46 percent, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Health on Monday. Drugs to treat illnesses
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Michigan strain of H1N1 arrives, but state’s vaccine armoury empty
positive for the mutated Michigan strain of the virus, the state health authorities do not have a single vial of the new vaccine required to fight the mutated virus. This despite the World Health Organisation
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30 lakh to get medicines to prevent spread of filaria
Nagpur: A recent survey of 3,406 students at local schools found 71 to be positive for filaria. Their treatment began immediately, without which their feet would have swelled as thick as a tree trunk.
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Drugs for swine flu to soon be available at your local chemist shop
The government recently relaxed norms on their availability Antiviral drugs for treating Swine Flu will soon be available at a chemist shop near you, with the government relaxing norms on their availability.
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Role of oxytocin in improving the welfare of farm animals
<p>Recently, increasing attention has been paid to the welfare of farm animals, which have been evaluated using behavioral and physiological measures. However, so far, the measures have almost always been