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Improving antibiotic prescribing for children in the resource-poor setting. [PDF]

, 2015
Antibiotics are a critically important part of paediatric medical care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where infectious diseases are the leading cause of child mortality. The World Health Organization estimates that >50% of all medicines are
Barker, CI, Irwin, A, Le Doare, K, Sharland, M   +3 more
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Why and When Are Evidence‐Based Interventions Adopted in Paediatric Supportive Care? A Qualitative Exploration of the Determinants of Photobiomodulation Implementation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oral mucositis is a common and debilitating side effect of childhood cancer and stem cell transplant treatments. It affects the quality of life of children and young people (CYP) and places a strain on services. Photobiomodulation is recommended for oral mucositis prevention in international guidance but is poorly implemented in UK ...
Claudia Heggie, Kara A. Gray‐Burrows, Peter F. Day, Bob Phillips, Carl A. Thompson   +4 more
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Access to Medicines and the Right to (Cultural) Life [PDF]

, 2010
Published version available from: http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754677611This groundbreaking book is the first collection to investigate together the law, political science and ethical perspectives on the right and value of ...
Gibson, J
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Health-industry linkages for local health: reframing policies for African health system strengthening [PDF]

, 2018
The benefits of local production of pharmaceuticals in Africa for local access to medicines and to effective treatment remain contested. There is scepticism among health systems experts internationally that production of pharmaceuticals in sub-Saharan ...
ACT Watch Group, African Union, African Union, African Union, African Union, Aldis, Battams, Berger, Bigdeli, Boschma, Chataway, Chaudhuri, Cohen, Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH), Dinh, East African Community (EAC), Eriksen, Ernst, Ewen, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE), Flahault, Gebre-Mariam, Geoffrey Banda, Giddens, Government of Kenya, Government of Uganda, Hahn, Horton, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), Jires Tunguhole, Julius Mugwagwa, Kaplan, Kaplan, Koplan, Kumar, Lin, Lopes, Macfarlane, Mackintosh, Mackintosh, Mackintosh, Malmberg, Maureen Mackintosh, Mercy Karimi Njeru, Ministry of Industry (MIT) and UNIDO, Morris, Mujinja, Nadvi, Ozawa, Paula Tibandebage, Ravix, Republic of Ghana, Republic of Kenya, Rowson, Rushton, Samuel Wangwe, Schmitz, Seiter, Shadlen, Sheikh, Shiffman, Sidibé, Srinivas, Sutton, UNCTAD, United Nations (UN), United Republic of Tanzania (URT), United Republic of Tanzania (URT), Waako, Wagner, West, WHO/World Bank, Wiedenmayer, Wilson, Wirtz, World Health Organisation (WHO), World Health Organisation (WHO), World Health Organisation (WHO), World Health Organisation (WHO), World Health Organisation (WHO), Yadav, Yadav   +81 more
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Dexamethasone for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Prevention in Pediatric Patients: International Consensus

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An international Delphi panel of experts developed consensus statements to delineate the circumstances where the risks of dexamethasone as an antiemetic do and do not outweigh its benefits. Procedure Experts in supportive care of pediatric patients were invited to participate.
Negar Shavandi, Paula D. Robinson, Shana Jacobs, L. Lee Dupuis, the International Pediatric Dexamethasone Panel, Sameer Bakhshi, Tiene Bauters, Eva Brack, Simone Cesaro, Claire Fosbrook, Jason Freedman, Tamara MacDonald, Eloise Neumann, Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, Rod Rassekh, Florian Slimano, Johnathan Soggee, Joel Thompson, Marianne van de Wetering, Milena Villarroel, Jasper Wong   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards “Zero by 30”, the Kenyan case: a systematic exploration of barriers to rabies policy implementation through systems thinking

Health Research Policy and Systems
Introduction Rabies is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that disproportionately affects marginalized communities, despite the availability of effective vaccines.
Laurent Smets, Sanjeet Kumar Jaiswar, Valentijn Stienen, Benedict Mueke Muma, Vincent Okungu, Nico Vandaele, Catherine Decouttere   +6 more
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Essential medicines and access to insulin [PDF]

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 2017
We fully support the views expressed in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology's Editorial about ensuring affordable access to insulin and the proposal to add analogue insulin to the WHO Essential Medicines list. The International Insulin Foundation in its 2011 position statement called for “the universal access for persons with type 1 diabetes to life ...
Gill, Geoff, Yudkin, John S, Tesfaye, Solomon, de Courten, Maximilian, Gale, Edwin, Motala, Ayesha, Ramaiya, Kaushik, Unwin, Nigel, Wild, Sarah   +8 more
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Real‐World Pediatric Blinatumomab Administration: Access to Outpatient Care Delivery and Impact of a Hospital‐Dispensed Model

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Blinatumomab has been shown to be highly effective for patients with pediatric B‐ALL and has recently become standard of care therapy. Due to its past use in the clinical trial setting, there is limited information available about real‐world administration.
Katelyn Oranges, Kelly A. Duffy, Sara McDonough, Evelyn Kurpiewski, R. Jennifer Randall, Allison Barz Leahy, Haley M. Newman, Joyce P. Lee, Stephen P. Hunger, Anne F. Reilly, David T. Teachey, Susan R. Rheingold, Daniel J. Zheng   +12 more
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Access to Medicines and European Market Integration [PDF]

, 2016
In this paper we document a process of price convergence in the European market for pharmaceuticals and relate it to access to innovative medicines in individual countries.
Pammolli, Fabio, Rungi, Armando
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Clinical Insights Into Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Childhood

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is a rare but life‐threatening metabolic emergency in children that occurs in less than 1% of pediatric cancer cases, with a reported incidence ranging from 0.4% to 1.0% across different studies. While it is observed in 10%–20% of adult malignancies, pediatric HCM remains relatively uncommon.
Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
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