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Cyclical Fever

December 3, 2011 By Malaria Q&A 6 Comments

QUESTION My husband has been suffering from recurring fever every 3rd or 4th day for the past 7 months. All blood tests are normal, esr ,crp, cultures of urine and blood all normal, chest ct full body pet heart echo all normal. Tested positive for montoux and quantiferon gold, with no symptom other than fever, was put on ATT on 4th JULY 2011 fever persists with no other symptoms. Has been on … [Read more...]

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Five Things You Might Not Know About Medicine Quality

The proliferation of poor quality medicines has been described as a global pandemic that threatens the lives of millions.1 It stands to reason that poor quality medicines are not going to improve anyone’s health, but how much do we really know about the quality of medicines used across the world? Here we examine five issues relating to medicine quality in an effort to show why we should all be paying more attention to a serious public health issue that is difficult to tackle and not yet fully understood.

How Can We Detect Poor Quality Medicines?

Finding out what medicines contain and investigating their packaging are vital steps in the fight against poor quality medicines, both substandard and falsified. Falsified medicines usually masquerade as real medicines by copying the appearance and packaging of the real product, but may not contain any of the same active ingredients, or in the correct amounts.

Challenges in Tackling the Issue of Poor Quality Medicines

There are many unresolved issues that impede the elimination of poor quality medicines, namely: (1) Progress impeded by confusion over definitions; Ensuring a market free of poor quality medicines; and the lack of global criminal laws.

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Antimicrobial Resistance: The Silent Threat in Malaria Eradication

By Bernard Owusu Agyware, Arielle Dolegui and Jesus Aquilar Malaria is a serious and sometimes deadly disease, affecting millions and claiming more than  600,000 lives worldwide each year in 2022 and 2021.1 Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, disproportionately bear the greatest burden of malaria. The fight to eradicate this worrisome disease […]

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