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03 April 2013
SWISS drug manufacturer Novartis would experience a twofold blow if other countries following the same line of argument as India or if more markets started importing the Indian generic equivalent of patented drug Glivec, law and health experts said yesterday On Monday Novartis lost a seven-year battle to get a patent in India on its leukemia drug, Glivec. The drug, which is patented in more than 40 countries worldwide, costs R862.50 for each 400mg tablet in South Africa's...
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02 April 2013
South Africa misses out on affordable generic medication because of its lax patent laws. This is the view of Julia Hill from the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)...A new patent law is currently being drafted in South Africa and MSF urges government to follow India’s lead by preventing pharmaceutical companies from trying to extend patents on life-saving drugs, accept when a truly new drug is invented. India manufactures large amounts of...
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31 March 2013
SA soldier pours water on the official version of the Central African Republic firefight. South African soldiers ran out of ammunition during a bloody battle in Bangui that left 13 of them dead and 27 injured...The Doctors Without Borders mission of Sylvain Groulx in Bangui confirmed to City Press that child soldiers are patrolling the streets of the country’s capital... Groulx said: “The situation is improving every day, but there are still problems with the...
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27 March 2013
BEAUTIFUL songstress and Mafikizolo band member NHLANHLHA NCIZA recently celebrated her 35th birthday with the spirit of giving in mind. At her stylish party held at the Chief Mogale Hall in Kagiso, Nhlanhla showcased her latest summer wear from her clothing label, NN Vintage. "From today, if an individual buys a garment from NN Vintage, five per cent will go to Doctors Without Borders.
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26 March 2013
The SA Military Health Service has set up a temporary medical base in Uganda to deal with any further medical emergencies that might arise from the fighting in the Central African Republic…Tom Roth, Mèdecins Sans Frontières'operations manager, said: "We definitely didn't expect the situation to be like this. Hospitals and our facilities have been looted, ambulances stolen and our staff are remaining indoors for their safety.
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21 March 2013
Somewhere between walking out her front door in Cape Town, taking a taxi to college and hanging out with friends, Phumeza Tisile caught tuberculosis… A small prevalence survey carried out by the international medical humanitarian organization, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in the sub-district of Khayelitsha in 2008 estimated that there were more than 400 DR-TB cases each year in Khayelitsha alone…But, according to Dr. Jenny Hughes, a DR-TB...
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21 March 2013
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) congratulates South African health minister Aaron Motsoaledi on the significant strides made to increase the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and drug-resistant (DR-TB), but demand bold moves to expand access to treatment in communities, ensure access to better drugs to save lives and prevent the spread of TB infection in prisons... On World TB day, 24 March, TAC and MSF will...
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20 March 2013
Millions of dollars have been pledged to fight the scourge of TB and TB-HIV in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region… Doctors Without Borders (MSF) called for a more dynamic response to tackle the threat of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)… “Fast and accurate diagnosis is rarely available, and worldwide only about one in five people actually get effective drug-resistant TB treatment. This is due to a combination of lacking diagnostic tools,...
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17 March 2013
Humanitarian aid to Syria is at an impasse as the conflict enters its second year. In nine days, leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will meet in Durban for the Brics summit... These countries are well placed to negotiate with all warring parties on the delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance in Syria... MSF’s head of humanitarian affairs Jonathan Whittall talks about his experience of working with MSF in Syria, and the huge unmet medical...
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16 March 2013
"As ek my lewe kon oorhê,” sê Hugo Simonis, “sou ek vroeër op oliebore begin werk het.” Dis ’n warm Sondag in Riebeek-Wes in die Swartland. Hugo en Des, sy vrou, bly al ’n hele paar jaar hier. Hy het pas teruggekeer ná vier weke op ’n olieboor aan die Wes-Afrika-kus... Prinsloo is deur die mediese korps van die Suid-Afrikaanse weermag opgelei. “Toe ek die eerste keer sien hoe ’n baba gebore word, het ek geweet dis waar my roeping lê. Daar is niks...
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