Yellow fever vaccine shortages could be on the cards, warns WHO The World Health Organization has warned that there may be a shortage of yellow fever vaccine if there are any new outbreaks of the viral haemorrhagic disease this year. …
Life-saving drugs continue to be excluded from Syrian humanitarian aid convoys The Syrian government continues to exclude life-saving drugs from international humanitarian aid convoys destined for opposition held areas and is ignoring calls by United Nations officials for unimpeded access.…
Antimicrobial resistance is a deadlier threat than cancer, UK chancellor warns Antimicrobial resistance will pose “an even greater threat to mankind than cancer” does today unless coordinated global action is taken, UK chancellor George Osborne has warned.…
Diabetes has quadrupled across the globe, WHO says The number of adults living with diabetes across the world has increased four-fold since 1980, but access to insulin is a big problem in poor nations, says the World Health Organization (WHO).…
GSK softens approach to patents to widen access to its medicines GlaxoSmithKline has announced a series of measures designed to widen access to its medicines in the world’s poorest countries.…
The Zika virus: how Brazilian pharmacists are fighting back Josélia Frade explains what Brazilian pharmacists are doing to help control the Zika virus outbreak.…
Origins of the Zika outbreak and its potential threat Researchers are working to understand more about the Zika virus — how it is transmitted, its link to microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome and whether a vaccine can be developed.…
Dapivirine vaginal ring reduces HIV infection rates in women A ring placed in the vagina that continuously releases experimental antiretroviral drug dapivirine reduced the risk of HIV infection in African women by 27%, according to researchers.…
Global HPV vaccination provides greatest economic benefit to high income countries Manufacturers have received economic returns worth five times their original investment in HPV vaccine development, say researchers…
Current and future vaccines could help reduce reliance on antibiotics, AMR says Vaccine development needs to be incentivised and those already available need to be administered more widely to help reduce the use of antibiotics, according to the latest report by the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance.…
