The International Snakebite Awareness Day has taken place annually on Sept 19 since 2018. Snakebites kill an estimated 137 880 people each year and three times as many… Read more “Mitigating the chronic burden of snakebite: turning the tide for survivors“
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Quality of WHO guidelines on snakebite: the neglect continues
Snakebite remains a major public health challenge in many parts of rural Africa, Asia and South America. Available estimates suggest that there are about 94 000 deaths across the… Read more “Quality of WHO guidelines on snakebite: the neglect continues”
Why do patients fail to take medicines correctly?
“More than 50% of all medicines are prescribed, dispensed or sold inappropriately, and half of all patients fail to take medicines correctly.” WHO Fact Sheet 2012 So… Read more “Why do patients fail to take medicines correctly?”
mHealth initiative to tackle non-communicable diseases
With a shift in disease epidemiology trends, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are fast becoming leaders in the global burden of disease. NCDs are estimated to cause 36 million deaths annually… Read more “mHealth initiative to tackle non-communicable diseases”
Is plain packaging the way forward?
Tobacco is the leading global cause of preventable death and kills nearly 6 million people and causes hundreds of billions of dollars of economic damage globally1.The WHO… Read more “Is plain packaging the way forward?”
Clout over Adverse Drug Reactions
Even before the days of Hippocrates Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR) has been studied. However they came into the forefront only after the Thalidomide Disaster. In the modern… Read more “Clout over Adverse Drug Reactions”
