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TuBerculosis Vaccine Initiative (TBVI)
Published: Feb. 1, 2015, 10:19 p.m.·
Tags:
Vaccines,
Research and development
The TBVI consortium has been granted 24.6 million euros from the European Commission H2020 framework programme (€18.2 mln.) and several institutions as well as national governments outside the EC, among others Switzerland, South Korea and Australia. With this grant the new TBVAC2020 project will be funded, so TBVI can continue its efforts to discover and develop new tuberculosis vaccines.
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Pavol Stracansky
Published: Feb. 1, 2015, 10:11 p.m.·
Tags:
Access,
Public health
KIEV, Jan 28 2015 (IPS) - With international organisations warning that East Ukraine is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe as its health system collapses, marginalised groups are among those facing the greatest struggle to access even basic health care in the war-torn region.
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Tinatin Zardiashvili
Published: Feb. 1, 2015, 9:38 p.m.·
Tags:
Access,
Advocacy
With the end of eligibility for Bosnia and Herzegovina for Global Fund support, World Vision is drawing-down its long-running outreach program that worked to promote a better understanding of TB and HIV among the country's marginalized Roma populations.
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Patralekha Chatterjee
Published: Feb. 1, 2015, 9:03 p.m.·
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Access,
Public health,
Global health
It is no secret that the United States has been scaling up pressure on India to adopt intellectual property measures similar to those common in the United States and the European Union. But to what extent does India’s new government led by the business-friendly Narendra Modi see eye to eye with US official position? Can India, the “pharmacy of the world”, resolve the friction between pharmaceutical patents and access to affordable medicines without putting off foreign investors? The vitriolic and polarising debate surrounding these questions has got a fresh lease of life following US President Barack Obama’s landmark three-day visit to India this week.
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ECDC,
European Medicines Agency,
European Food Safety Authority
Published: Feb. 1, 2015, 8:35 p.m.·
Tags:
Public health
The use of certain antimicrobials in animals and humans is associated with resistance to these antimicrobials in bacteria from animals and humans. There are also important differences in the consumption of antimicrobials in animals and in humans between European countries. These are some of the findings of the first integrated analysis of data from humans, animals and food in Europe published jointly by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
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By
Kelly Servick
Published: Jan. 28, 2015, 8:25 p.m.·
Tags:
Drug-resistant TB
In advance of the 2016 budget proposal, the White House has tipped its hand on one big priority: the fight against antibiotic resistance. A fact sheet released today describes how President Barack Obama plans to double the government's investment in combating the mounting public health crisis of drug-resistant infections by spreading roughly $1.2 billion in funding across several federal agencies.
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Ed Silverman
Published: Jan. 27, 2015, 11:45 p.m.·
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Access,
Pharma industry
The pharmaceutical industry regularly boasts that its efforts to develop treatments for infectious diseases in poor nations are making a difference. But for those wondering how to gauge those efforts, a new metric has been created.
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Tolu Oni et al.
Published: Jan. 27, 2015, 11:39 p.m.·
Tags:
TB care
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By
Health GAP
Published: Jan. 27, 2015, 11:03 p.m.·
Tags:
Access,
Advocacy,
Public health,
Global health,
Pharma industry
Press Statement: For Immediate Release: January 27 2015
Contact: Matthew Kavanagh, +1 202-486-2488, matthew@healthgap.org
Asia Russell, +1 267 475 2645, asia@healthgap.org
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ECDC
Published: Jan. 27, 2015, 9:02 p.m.·
Tags:
TB epidemiology
The Annual Epidemiological Report 2014 for respiratory tract infections - tuberculosis provides a snapshot of the epidemiological situation of TB in Europe, featuring data from 2012.
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