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Chinese malaria drugs giant, Guilin, launches effort in Africa to enable patients and consumers detect fake malaria drugs using mobile phone technology, goldkeys. Shanghai, China (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Guilin Pharmaceuticals, the World’s first producer of artesunate prequalified by the World Health Organisation as meeting the global body’s stringent standards for safety, quality and efficacy, has chalked another first. The company, which manages the world’s largest vertically...

A new study confirms that doing short journeys on foot rather than taking the car or motorbike would avoid the death of 108 men and 79 women a year in Catalonia alone. This would imply annual savings of more than 200 million euros. Researchers from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Barcelona Public Health Agency (ASPB), headed by Catherine Pérez from the Healthcare Information Systems Service, have estimated the yearly economic benefits from a reduction in death rates by...

STOCKHOLM, February 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 494 children showed that supplementation of Lactobacillus reuteri Protectis significantly reduced episodes of diarrhoea. Lactobacillus reuteri Protectis was particularly effective in children with lower nutritional status. Another probiotic strain, which was also tested, was without effect. Study design The six month long double-blind, placebo-controlled study was performed...

Partners pledge innovative, coordinated action aimed at new World Health Organisation goals LONDON, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, 13 pharmaceutical companies, the U.S., U.K. and U.A.E governments, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank and other global health organisations announced a new, coordinated push to accelerate progress toward eliminating or controlling 10 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by the end of the decade. Uniting efforts with...

Researchers have discovered that over a million people worldwide diagnosed with TB go on to develop an incurable but manageable fungal infection which is usually left untreated because it is mistaken for a recurrence of the disease. In a new report published today in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, the researchers from University of Manchester and University of Toronto say because the X-ray features and symptoms are so similar doctors often misdiagnose and prescribe the...

For some time now, artemisinin, derived from a Chinese herb, has been the most powerful treatment available against malaria. To avoid the malaria parasite becoming resistant, the World Health Organisation (WHO) strongly recommends combining artemisinin with another anti-malarial drug. But there are different formulations and derivatives, in different combinations and with dosing schemes. Scientists from the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) carried out a head-to-head comparison of four...

Even though previous studies have been shown the link between regular exercises and improved health the exact dose-response relation remains unclear. Guenther Samitz, researcher in physical activity and public health at the Centre for Sports Sciences and University Sports of the University of Vienna has investigated this relationship with a meta-study representing more than 1.3 million participants. The research project was carried out in collaboration with public health scientists and...

SHANGHAI, Oct. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Vaccines made in China will now be supplied through United Nations (UN) agencies to developing countries, after recognition from the World Health Organisation (WHO) that China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has complied with international standards for vaccine regulation. The acknowledgement on China's regulatory system is a precondition that could lead to the UN purchasing individual vaccines from Chinese vaccine makers. For this to...

Research: Effectiveness of anonymized information sharing and use in health service, police, and local government partnership for preventing violence related injury: Rxperimental study and time series analysisCombining information from hospitals and police can prevent violence and make communities safer, according to a study published on bmj.com today.The World Health Organisation (WHO) has identified interpersonal violence as a global public health issue. In 2008-9, police recorded over...

GULLANE, Scotland, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- A next-generation new carpet has been launched that cleans indoor air, one of the most significant health risks of the modern world. The new carpet from DESSO, the international carpet manufacturer, will be particularly welcomed by the world's estimated 300 million asthma sufferers, who are most at risk from poor indoor air quality. The most important risk factors for developing asthma are a combination of genetic predisposition and environmental...