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Health workers wasting expensive malaria drugs in Nigeria
Start date: 27 Aug 2015Health providers trained to perform malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) are still prescribing valuable malaria medicines to patients who do not have malaria, according to new research published in PLOS ONE.
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Le gaspillage des antipaludéens par les personnels de santé au Nigéria coûte cher
Start date: 27 Aug 2015Les prestataires de santé formés aux tests de dépistage rapide (RDT) du paludisme prescrivent encore des médicaments antipaludéens onéreux aux patients qui ne souffrent pas de cette maladie, selon une étude récente publiée dans PLOS ONE.
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Funcionários de saúde na Nigéria desperdiçam medicamentos para a malária dispendiosos
Start date: 27 Aug 2015Os fornecedores de serviços de saúde formados para administrar testes de diagnóstico rápido da malária (RDT) continuam a prescrever os valiosos medicamentos antipalúdicos a pacientes que não sofrem de malária, de acordo com um novo estudo publicado na revista PLOS ONE.
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Testing for malaria reduces overprescription by over 70%
Start date: 22 Jul 2015Using malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) in registered drug shops in a highly endemic region in Uganda substantially reduced overdiagnosis of malaria, improving the use of valuable malaria drugs, according to a new study published in PLOS ONE.
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Testes para a malária reduzem a prescrição excessiva em mais de 70%
Start date: 22 Jul 2015O uso de testes de diagnóstico rápido para a malária (RDT em inglês) em farmácias licenciadas numa região altamente endémica no Uganda reduziu substancialmente os diagnósticos errados de malária, melhorando o uso de medicamentos contra a malária valiosos, de acordo com um novo estudo publicado na revista PLOS ONE.
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Okutandikawo enkebera eyamangu mumatundiro geddagala kiyamba mukujanjaba omusujja gwensii
Start date: 22 Jul 2015Okukozesebwa kwenkola eyamangu ekebera malaria (Malaria rapid diagnostic test-RDT) mumadduuka amatongole agatunda eddagala mukituundu ekimu mu Uganda ekikosedwa enyo malaria, kiyambye nyo okukendeeza kubantu abawebwa obujjanjabi obukyamu, ate nekiyamba nemunkozesa eyeddagalal lya malaria mubutuufu, okusinziila mukunonyereza okwakolebwa ekitongole kyebayita PLOS ONE.mukunonyereza okwakolebwa ekitongole kyebayita PLOS ONE.
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Le diagnostic du paludisme permet de réduire la surprescription de plus de 70 %
Start date: 22 Jul 2015Selon une récente étude parue dans la revue PLOS ONE, l'utilisation de tests de diagnostic rapides (TDR) dans les pharmacies homologuées dans une région hautement endémique de l'Ouganda a contribué à réduire considérablement le surdiagnostic du paludisme, améliorant ainsi l'utilisation de médicaments efficaces contre cette maladie.
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Better engagement with communities could improve health care for children with a fever
Start date: 20 Jul 2015Supporting communities with health promotion campaigns could help mothers and other caregivers to seek health care for their children, ensuring that they receive prompt, appropriate treatment, according to new research published in PLOS ONE.
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Global leaders call for increased financing to end malaria under post-2015 development agenda
Start date: 14 Jul 2015As global leaders gathered in Addis Ababa for the 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development, the malaria community outlined a vision for a malaria-free world. In order to achieve it, they called for increased investment in malaria control and elimination efforts around the world to bring an end to this costly scourge.
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Malaria No More by 2030?
Start date: 6 Jul 2015Bill Gates is optimistic about ending malaria in two decades: “My personal hope is that we can get it done more like 2030,” he said at a Malaria No More UK event in London.
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Fake malaria medicines: experts gather in Geneva
Start date: 9 Jun 2015Drug quality specialists discussed prevention and surveillance methods to tackle the risks posed by poor quality medicines. The "Fake antimalarials: Start with the facts" meeting took place on 28 May.
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World Health Organization (WHO) Member States agree global malaria strategy for 2016-2030
Start date: 29 May 2015WHO Member States agreed a new global malaria strategy for 2016-2030 and approved the Organization-s proposed programme budget for 2016-2017.
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Estudo realizado na Nigéria conclui que 1 em 10 medicamentos para a malária são de fraca qualidade
Start date: 28 May 2015Após uma análise rigorosa a mais de 3.000 medicamentos para a malária comprados em Enugu, na Nigéria, concluiu-se que 9,3% eram de fraca qualidade, de acordo com um novo estudo publicado no PLOS ONE. Medicamentos de qualidade inferior mais predominantes do que as falsificações no país do mundo mais assolado pela malária
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Une étude réalisée au Nigéria révèle qu’un médicament antipaludéen sur dix est de mauvaise qualité
Start date: 28 May 2015L’étude approfondie de plus de 3 000 médicaments antipaludéens achetés à Enugu, au Nigéria, a révélé que 9,3 % d’entre eux étaient de mauvaise qualité, selon un nouvel article publié dans la revue PLOS ONE. Les médicaments de mauvaise qualité sont plus répandus que les faux médicaments dans les pays les plus gravement touchés par le paludisme.
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Study in Nigeria finds 1 in 10 malaria drugs are poor quality
Start date: 27 May 2015A rigorous analysis of more than 3,000 antimalarials purchased in Enugu, Nigeria found 9.3% to be of poor quality, according to new research published in PLOS ONE. Substandard medicines are more prevalent than fakes in world’s most malaria-burdened country.
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