Falsified medicines in Africa: All talk, no action

Autor: Richard Jähnke, Michael D. Green, Miguel dos Santos de Oliveira, Isabel Swamidoss, María J. Culzoni, Facundo M. Fernández, Prabha Dwivedi, Julia Simao, Paul N. Newton, Nicholas J. White, María Eugenia Monge, Patricia Tabernero, Dallas C. Mildenhall
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Zdroj: Scopus-Elsevier
The Lancet Global Health, Vol 2, Iss 9, Pp e509-e510 (2014)
CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
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ISSN: 2214-109X
Popis: Poor-quality medicines and medical products, both substandard and falsified, cause avoidable morbidity, mortality, drug resistance, and loss of faith in health systems, especially in low-income and middle-income countries.1–3 We report the analysis of two falsifi ed medicines from Angola and discuss what lessons such a discovery could hold. Fil: Newton, Paul N. . Mahosot Hospital. Microbiology Laboratory. Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit; Laos. Oxford University. Churchill Hospital. Nuffield Department of Medicine. Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health; Reino Unido. Oxford University. Churchill Hospital. Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network; Reino Unido Fil: Tabernero, Patricia. Mahosot Hospital. Microbiology Laboratory. Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit; Laos. Oxford University. Churchill Hospital. Nuffield Department of Medicine. Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health; Reino Unido. Oxford University. Churchill Hospital. Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network; Reino Unido Fil: Dwivedi, Prabha. Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Estados Unidos Fil: Culzoni, Maria Julia. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas. Departamento de Química. Cátedra de Química Analítica; Argentina. Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Monge, Maria Eugenia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias "Elizabeth Jares Erijman"; Argentina. Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Estados Unidos Fil: Swamidoss, Isabel. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos Fil: Mildenhall, Dallas. GNS Science; Nueva Zelanda Fil: Green, Michael D.. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos Fil: Jähnke, Richard. Global Pharma Health Fund; Alemania Fil: de Oliveira, Miguel dos Santos. Inspecção Geral de Saúde; Angola Fil: Simao, Julia. Inspecção Geral de Saúde; Angola Fil: White, Nicholas J.. Oxford University. Churchill Hospital. Nuffield Department of Medicine. Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health; Reino Unido. Oxford University. Churchill Hospital. Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network; Reino Unido. Mahidol University. Faculty of Tropical Medicine. Mahidol Oxford Research Unit; Tailandia Fil: Fernández, Facundo M.. Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Estados Unidos
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