Posts in category Epidemics & Pandemics
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Awaiting federal solutions to antimicrobial resistance threats
15 Years after Ottawa abandoned its antimicrobial resistance plan, action awaits
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National Observer: Nigeria’s war on polio and terrorism
A field report on war and disease in northern Nigeria
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Poor countries may at last have a solution for cheap generic drug access
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Up to 50% of antibiotics mis-prescribed
CMAJ Jan 17 2017 Antibiotic overprescribing a growing problem Antibiotic overprescribing a growing problem
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Should Canada focus on Global Antimicrobial Resistance?
The Canadian Institutes for Health Research’s new global health research guru wants Ottawa to put antimicrobial resistance on its list of foreign-aid research priorities. 2016-cmaj-nov-28-2016-should-canada-focus-on-antimicrobial-resistance
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The Lancet: Healthcare in Iraq “under severe duress”
The Lancet July 16 2016 Under Severe Duress – Healthcare in Iraq
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Untreated prison hepatitis: Winner — 2016 Michener-Deacon Investigative Journalism Fellowship
CMAJ Aug 14 2017 Dramatic Budget Increase for Hep Treatment in Federal Prisons National Observer June 23 2017 BC Prisons distribute drugs to save lives CMAJ 2017 April 24 Secrecy on cost of …
“Irresponsible” not to adopt national hepatitis plan
Fears about the high cost of hepatitis drug treatment must not delay action on a pan-Canadian hepatitis strategy, a coalition of 35 health groups charged in a statement released Mar. …