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Rwanda confronts a surprising surge in malaria
15 Sep 2025 19:37 GMT
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To combat drug resistance, Rwanda has started using alternative treatments.
“Since the … have been receiving new anti-malaria drugs. While Coartem is being used less … implementing a multiple first-line treatment strategy,” he explained.
Despite the …
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Medicine seized at Auki wharf
14 Sep 2025 05:44 GMT
… RODRICK DESURI
AUKI
Packs of medical drugs, three bags of home-brewed … of Coartem medicine, Paracetamol, and other medical treatments went missing from the Kilu’ufi Pharmacy … him.
Investigation into the missing medical treatments is still ongoing.
For …
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Soaring prices of drugs, medical access deepen crisis in health sector, engender spike in fake drugs
01 Sep 2025 08:27 GMT
… dire for malaria treatment as drug prices have nearly doubled. Coartem, a widely … pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, devices such as needles and syringes, biologicals, medical textile …
Fake and Expired Drugs
The impact on the pharmaceutical industry is enormous …
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Why the wait for effective newborn malaria treatment?
27 Aug 2025 13:52 GMT
… medicines agency Swissmedic of Coartem Baby, the first antimalarial drug … between pharmaceutical company Novartis and the not-for-profit Medicines for Malaria … Venture.
Improvised doses
For decades, healthcare workers treating malaria …
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Auki police to carry out ‘high profile’ probe into Kilu’ufi missing drugs
26 Aug 2025 01:26 GMT
… the case of missing drugs from Kiluufi hospital in … connection with the missing drugs, and they are hospital … behind the missing vital medical drugs.
“Since we have … drugs included five cartons of Coartem and a carton of Amoxicillin.
“Those medical drugs …
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Sick and Stranded: Tinubu’s Drug Price Order Yet to Ease Nigerians’ Burden
25 Aug 2025 15:49 GMT
… slash drug costs, Nigerians are still paying more for life-saving medicines … Value Added Tax (VAT) on pharmaceutical machinery and raw materials. It … ,000.
For malaria treatment, the situation is even worse. Coartem shot up 124 …
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Nigeria News6 minutes ago Drug Prices Soar Despite Tinubu’s Executive Order On Tariff Waivers Despite President Bola Tinubu’s executive order in June 2024 abolishing tariffs, excise duties and Value Added Tax on pharmaceutical machinery and raw…
25 Aug 2025 06:26 GMT
… Added Tax on pharmaceutical machinery and raw materials, drug prices in Nigeria … dropping, prices of many essential medicines have risen between 30 per … ₦32,800 to ₦60,000.
Malaria: Coartem doubled from ₦3,800 to …
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1st malaria medicine for infants brings hope
21 Aug 2025 08:10 GMT
… of the new malaria medicine from the Basel-based pharmaceutical company Novartis for babies … for older children. Before Coartem Baby, antimalarial drugs designed for older children … clinical guidelines for treating malaria, say the new drug will be rolled …
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Malaria drug for newborns set to debut in Nigeria, seven others
21 Aug 2025 00:48 GMT
… as Coartem Baby, was developed by Novartis in partnership with the Medicines for Malaria … Ngashi Ngongo, said the new treatment demonstrates the impact of Africa … establish a functional pharmacovigilance system to monitor adverse drug reactions.
“My hope …
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New malaria drug for babies offers hope to health workers in Uganda
20 Aug 2025 03:21 GMT
… Swiss medical regulators approved medicine from the Basel-based pharmaceutical company Novartis for … older children. Before Coartem Baby, antimalarial drugs designed for older children … clinical guidelines for treating malaria, say the new drug will be rolled …