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Africa: The Hunt for New Antibiotics
UNIRIN, 29 June 2012
Almost one in every five deaths worldwide occurs as a result of infection, but many bacterial illnesses will become incurable as the efficacy of current antibiotic drugs wanes,… Read more »
The Hunt for New Antibiotics
The current range of antibiotics available globally will become obsolete as bacteria mutate and the financial incentive for researching new drugs is lacking.
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Africa: Africa Must Turn Its Health Research Into Treatments for African People
Guardian Network, 25 June 2012
Africa is home to some of the fastest-growing economies in the world, yet the health and living situation for many on the continent remains dire. In 2010, 7.6 million children… Read more »
InFocus
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As global tuberculosis rates are declining, South Africa has seen a 400-percent increase in the incidence of tuberculosis in the last 15 years, a major conference on poverty has ... Read more »
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In a wide-ranging interview with allAfrica's Sue Valentine, the president of Médecins Sans Frontières, Dr. Unni Karunakara, warns that health care gains may be reversed if ... Read more »
