Global health

Ways to safeguard UK drug supplies during COVID-19 and beyond

The COVID-19 pandemic is stretching the NHS, including its supplies of essential drugs, to the limits. We may need new systems in place to ensure patients never miss out on medicines they need.…

The hunt for an effective treatment for COVID-19

As researchers around the globe drop everything to find a treatment for COVID-19, we look at the likely frontrunners for managing this deadly disease.…

We need long-term changes to tackle COVID-19 and future pandemics

Open access article The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has made this article free to access in order to help healthcare professionals stay informed about an issue of national importance. To learn more about coronavirus, please visit: https://www.rpharms.com/resources/pharmacy-guides/…

Could chloroquine be effective against COVID-19?

Open access article The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has made this article free to access in order to help healthcare professionals stay informed about an issue of national importance. To learn more about coronavirus, please visit: https://www.rpharms.com/resources/pharmacy-guides…

Pharmacists working with global AMR teams made CPO fellows

Some sixteen pharmacists who are part of teams tackling antimicrobial resistance in the developing world have been appointed ‘chief pharmaceutical officer global health fellows’.…

Rapid expansion of vaccination and screening required to eliminate cervical cancer as global health problem, research finds

More than 44 million women could be diagnosed with cervical cancer in the next 50 years if high coverage human papillomavirus vaccination and cervical screening cannot be achieved globally, a modelling study published in The Lancet Oncology has found.…

Pharmacists given funding to tackle global antimicrobial resistance

The government will ring fence £1.34m to support UK pharmacists and nurses working to tackle antimicrobial resistance in Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.…

Action must be taken now to rejuvenate global HIV response, say leading experts

The HIV pandemic is not on track to end by 2030 and the world must take immediate steps to rejuvenate the HIV response, following through on its HIV-related commitments, according to a report from a Lancet commission led by the International AIDS Society.…

E-cigarettes should not be sold or marketed to young people, experts warn

Selling e-cigarettes to young people should be banned worldwide, according to a position statement from an international group of respiratory experts.…

Universal health coverage requires global investment in pharmacy, People’s Commonwealth Forum told

Many low- and middle-income countries still lack the pharmacy workforce needed to provide universal health coverage, Victoria Rutter, executive director of the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association, said at the People’s Commonwealth Forum.…