The Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP) released new data on the performance of a meningitis vaccine in West African children, suggesting that the new vaccine?expected to sell initially for 40 US cents a dose?will be much more effective in protecting African children and their communities than any vaccine currently on the market in the region.
The Meningitis Vaccine Project today released new data on the performance of a meningitis vaccine in West African children, suggesting that the new vaccine — expected to sell initially for 40 US cents a dose — will be much more effective in protecting African children and their communities than any vaccine currently on the market in the region.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the US? largest provider of HIV/AIDS healthcare, education and prevention and operator of free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, today blasted the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the industry?s powerful and deep-pocketed lobbying group, for successfully jockeying language opposing the issuance of compulsory licenses for the manufacturing or importation of generic drugs?including lifesaving AIDS drugs?by certain countries into the Food and Drug Administration Revitalization Act under the ?Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007? clause.
Speaking at the meeting of Indian Health Ministers of polio affected States organized to review the status of polio eradication efforts, the Indian Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss said that it is critical to sustain the high level of immunity in all polio-affected States by vaccinating all children under the age of five both through routine immunization and Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs), so that the polio virus does not get a chance to re-establish its circulation.
HopeLab validated the benefits of their cancer-fighting video game by conducting a randomized, controlled trial with 375 male and female cancer patients aged 13 – 29, enrolled at 34 medical centers in the U.S., Canada and Australia.
CIGNA HealthCare is teaming up with the non-profit organization HopeLab to deliver innovative interventions that improve the health and quality of life of young people with chronic illnesses.
Scientists from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) have discovered that diets high in salt may increase the virulence of the pathogen Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), which is the most common cause of ulcers in the stomach and duodenum.
A severe lack of healthcare workers is compromising both quality and availability of HIV/AIDS care in southern Africa, warned international medical relief organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).
With more than 60 per cent of adults worldwide abstaining from sufficient physical activity, a top UN sports officials has sought a reversal of the trend, saying it saves huge amounts spent on medical bills.
Underlining focus on HIV/AIDS, polio and affordable and safe medicines, the Indian government said with National Rural Health Mission it has set in motion an improved access to quality healthcare for people, especially those living in rural areas, poor, women and children.