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e-Pharmalink - July 2007

This edition includes:
News
HIV/AIDS
Tuberculosis (TB)
Diarrhoea
Malaria
Focus on Resources
Inventory software
Websites
Journals
Reports
Courses


HIV/AIDS
Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis significantly reduces risk of death during first six months of ART
A study conducted in Malawi in over 1,000 patients has shown that when antiretroviral therapy (ART) is administered with cotrimoxazole (CTX) prophylaxis, the risk of death during the first six months of treatment is reduced by 41%. All patients included in the study began ART when they had CD4 counts of below 200 cells/mm3 or were evaluated as having World Health Organization (WHO) stage III or IV HIV infection.
http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/1F9F2D35-099B-42A5-94EA-0FEC977756E6.asp

 

e-Pharmalink - September 2006

e-Pharmalink - July 2006

This edition includes:
Focus on Resources

NEWS

ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE

Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Drug resistance has become a critical concern particularly in the treatment of tuberculosis. To view guidelines with evidence-based recommendations for evaluation and treatment of HIV/AIDS infected persons, pregnant women and children with this form of TB please visit: http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/tbfactsheets/250112.htm
Other principles of antibiotic use for treatment of acute respiratory tract infections in adults can be viewed at: http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/134/6/479

e-Pharmalink - May 2006

  • NEWS
    • ACCESS TO MEDICINES
      • Essential medicines and human rights
      • Patenting drug to limit global access to essential drugs
    • HIV/AIDS
      • ARV drug registered in South Africa
      • ARV drug price reduction
      • Religious leaders devise new strategy to combat HIV/AIDS
    • TB
      • TB resistance to second-line drugs increasing
    • MALARIA
      • Cotrimoxazole, antiretroviral therapy, and use of insecticide-treated nets dramatically reduce the frequency of malaria
  • FOCUS ON RESOURCES
    • REPORTS
      • Multi-Country Study of Medicine Supply and Distribution Activities of Faith-Based Organizations
      • Combating counterfeit drugs
      • Containing antimicrobial resistance
    • BOOKS
      • Interagency Emergency Health Kit 2006
    • FILMS
      • Street sales of medicines – "Tiim"

e-Pharmalink - August 2005

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