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Africa Health News
  • Search database of current articles using the terms "pharmaceutical" or drugs
African Ministries of Health
  • Links to the Ministries of Health for a number of countries in Africa.
  • Benin (French)
  • Botswana 
  • Burkina Faso (French) 
Country Health Profiles (WHO Africa)
  • Separate documents for each country give literacy rates, deaths by disease for children and adults
  • Access to water, sanitation, mosquito nets, and vaccinations
  • Behavioral risks and condom use
  • Infant mortality rates and life expectancies
Drugs for Neglected Diseases
  • Describes new drugs being developed
  • Describes diseases for which drugs have only marginally been developed
    • African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
    • Dengue fever
Health Infrastructure (NCPA)
  • Extensive set of articles analyzing problems in African health infrastructure
Leading Drug Companies
  • AstraZeneca - Includes text of its bioethics policy. Search web site under "africa" for its latest initiatives
  • GlaxoSmithKline - Numerous products used in Africa.  Do a keyword search
  • Merck - Do keyword searches by disease for a list of possible medicines and the term "africa" for the company's outreach initiatives
Medical Drugs
Drug Importation: Would the Price Be Right? United States Congress Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Feb. 17, 2005 Y4.L11/4:S.HRG.109-87, Lobbyists believe price controls on foreign drugs would discourage research in the U.S. Online version  
Medical Drugs (NCPA)
  • Articles on the effectiveness of AIDS and malaria drugs as well as vaccinations
UNESCO Official Criticizes Some Pharmaceutical Firms
  • Dr. Pierre Sane criticized some pharmaceutical companies for testing drugs in Africa without adequately warning volunteers of possible side effects
  • Appeared in Africa News in May 2007
WHO Statistical Information System
  • Choose individual countries in Africa for summary statistics or individual indicators for a worldwide comparison
  • Data includes life expectancy, deaths of children due to individual diseases, immunizations, health habits, births by Casesarean section, contraception, health workers, hospital beds, government expenditure on health, literacy, cost of telephones, personal computers
 
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