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J&J says it won’t enforce AIDS drug patent in Africa

11/29/2012 majac Your Health Matters

LONDON (Reuters) – Generic manufacturers are to be given a free rein to make cheap copies of Johnson & Johnson’s HIV/AIDS drug Prezista for sale in Africa and other poor countries. U.S. healthcare group J&J said on Thursday it would not enforce patents, provided generic firms made high-quality versions of the drug – known generically as darunavir – for sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries. Prezista is a relatively new drug used when patients develop resistance to older antiretrovirals. …

Africa, AIDS, Saharan Africa

J&J says won’t enforce AIDS drug patent in Africa

11/29/2012 majac Your Health Matters

Africa, AIDS, Saharan Africa

A Naval Exercise in Djibouti

11/12/2012 majac Exercise

A liaison officer for the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa based in Djibouti noted that the exercise in Djibouti underlined the concept that East Africa countries could work together. "As these countries join as one cooperative effort in East …
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Africa, Djibouti, East Africa

Cutlass Express exercise brings together sailors from US, Africa

11/06/2012 majac Exercise

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Gabriel Fortes, kneeling, a Fleet Marine Force corpsman assigned to U.S. Naval Hospital Naples, Italy, helps marines and sailors from Mozambique and Tanzania practice their medical skills during Exercise Cutlass Express in …
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Stars and Stripes

Africa, Exercise Cutlass Express, Naval Hospital Naples, US

'Traditional medicine has place in health'

11/03/2012 majac Heart Disease

The Acting Assistant Director of Traditional and Alternative Medicine Dr Paulo Peter Mhame at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare told the 'Sunday News' that in Africa the history of traditional medicine went far beyond the establishment of …
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Daily News

Africa, Alternative Medicine

Hikma looking to bolster presence in Africa

10/13/2012 majac Your Health Matters

(Reuters) – Jordan’s Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc said it is looking to expand in Africa over the next two to three years, through building its own plant or by making an acquisition of up to $300 million. The company, which makes and sells branded and generic drugs, said it would be a natural progression to ramp up its presence in the African continent, given that it derives more than half its revenue from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. …

Africa, Middle East

'Train like you fight': Coalition exercise preps PJs for real-world emergency

10/04/2012 majac Exercise

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – Many moving parts go into producing and executing an exercise, and U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, or PJs, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, or CJTF-HOA, put their skills to the test recently …
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Africa, Air Force

Researchers Explore Native Plants As Natural Snake Bite Cure

09/18/2012 majac Heart Disease

Scientists are studying various plants native to Africa in an attempt to develop new, natural treatments for snakebites. Marianne Molander from the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences has been working with a Danish team to …
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RedOrbit

Africa

Cellphones AIDS tests studied in S.Africa, S.Korea

08/31/2012 majac Your Health Matters

South African and South Korean researchers are working on making a smartphone capable of doing AIDS tests in rural parts of Africa that are the worst hit by the disease, a researcher said Friday.

Africa, AIDS, Korea, South Korean

Ham Looks Toward More Multilateral Exercises in Africa

08/17/2012 majac Exercise

Carter Ham, speaking yesterday at closing ceremonies here for the U.S.-Botswana Defense Force exercise Southern Accord 12, expressed that desire to observers from countries across Southern Africa. “I look forward to continuing a relationship in hope …
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Department of Defense

Africa, Botswana Defense Force, Southern Accord, Southern Africa

Two gene clues for resistance to malaria

08/15/2012 majac Your Health Matters

Scientists in Germany and Africa on Wednesday said they had found two variants of genes that help to explain why some lucky individuals do not develop severe malaria.

Africa, Germany

Scientists unravel ‘other’ malaria parasite’s DNA code

08/05/2012 majac Your Health Matters

Scientists said Sunday they had unravelled the genetic codes of parasites responsible for the bulk of malaria cases outside Africa, and found they were scarily diversified and may be harder to kill.

Africa

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