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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. …
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Better solutions with HIV clubs in South Africa
CMAJ April 27 2015 Better results with HIV clubs in South Africa
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Why Antibiotics Are Failing Us
Antibiotics have saved billions of lives, yet we’re increasingly immune to their benefits, in part because of their widespread, unregulated use in the chickens we eat. Consumers, growers, government — …
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South Africa Ground Zero for Drug Patent Reform
CMAJ 2014 South Africa Ground Zero for Reforming Drug Patents
Should BC Spend More Millions on Questionable Flu Drug?
News that an international team of investigators has found the flu drug Tamiflu of little medical use — despite billions spent stockpiling it in B.C. and around the world — comes as bittersweet vindication …