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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Effectiveness of a live oral human rotavirus vaccine after programmatic introduction in Bangladesh: A cluster-randomized trial
<p>Rotavirus vaccines are now globally recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), but in early 2009 WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization reviewed available data and
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Include vitamin B in diet to cut effects of air pollution
A recent research studied the impact of B vitamins in lessening the impact of fine particle pollution on cardiovascular disease. The findings, conducted at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public
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Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding approval of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine, 05/04/2017
<p>Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Kalpana Mehta & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 05/04/2017 regarding approval of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine manufactured
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The epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and management of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and incurable tuberculosis
<p>Global tuberculosis incidence has declined marginally over the past decade, and tuberculosis remains out of control in several parts of the world including Africa and Asia. Although tuberculosis control
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Mental health status of adolescents in South-East Asia: evidence for action
One in four children in the age group of 13-15 years in India suffer from depression, which affects 86 million people in South-East Asia region, the WHO said. Informing that India has the highest suicide
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Can ayurveda help with cancer? AIIMS to study
Do ayurvedic drugs help treat cancer? While proponents of the alternative therapy claim they do, the scientific community denies the same, citing lack of evidence.To clear this confusion, AIIMS will collaborate
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Hospital pharmacies- Retail shops within corporate hospitals
<p>Patients are being forced to buy high-priced drugs and medical devices from hospital pharmacies. With hospitals increasingly operating as for-profi t businesses, these pharmacies are an important revenue
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National Health Policy 2017
The National Health Policy, 2017 approved by Union Cabinet focus on preventive and promotive health care and universal access to good quality health care services. The policy seeks to reach everyone in
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New TB drug candidates developed from soil bacteria
A new treatment for tuberculosis (TB) is set to be developed using compounds derived from bacteria that live in soil -- according an international collaboration of researchers, including the University
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Signs of drug resistance found in new bird flu strain after H7N9 kills 94 in China this year
Drug treatment for the deadly H7N9 strain still effective in China, but research needed quickly into latest mutation of the virus, experts say. Experts said signs of resistance in a new strain of the deadly