New state-run pharmaceutical company to produce antiretrovirals by 2019
The recently established state-owned pharmaceutical company, Ketlaphela, will start to produce antiretroviral drugs in 2019,…
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New treatments for Cystic Fibrosis and other disorders awarded funding at private research university
Three Case Western Reserve University faculty members recently received significant funding from the National Centre…
Slow progress on stillbirth prevention leaves parents of 2.6 million babies suffering in silence each year
More than 2.6 million stillbirths continue to occur globally every year with very slow progress…
Ethiopian government signs agreement to combat heart diseases
Ethiopia has signed an agreement with drug manufacturing firm, AstraZeneca, to improve the management of…
London School of Tropical Medicine-led researchers publish findings from lung health study
A team of investigators led from the London School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has published…
Gap in malaria treatment for pregnant women
The proportion of pregnant women in Sub-Saharan Africa receiving preventive measures such as intermittent preventive…
A new study shows the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness has not had sex in 10,000 years
A parasite that causes the African sleeping sickness has not had sex in more than…
Possible mechanism explains increased HIV risk caused by progestin-only contraceptives
Recent findings published in The Lancet showed that injectable progestin-only contraceptives and high endogenous progesterone…
New method can tell if infant was born prematurely
Scientists have developed a new method to estimate a newborn’s gestational age just using a…
Outdoor mosquito trap uses human scent as lure
A box that uses human scent to trap and kill mosquitoes at night promises malaria…