Halofantrine resistance in African countries

Prevalence of hepatitis A across various countries in the Middle East, African and Eastern European countries

Efficacy of halofantrine in malaria.

five per cent of the total cases of malaria in our country occur in children below 15 years of age(2). Of late, more and more cases appear to be resistant to chloroquine and also to other antimalarials(3). This is particularly so with Plasmodium falciparum malaria(4). In India, chloroquine resistant strains of P. falciparum were demonstrated in 19 states of the country in 1986(5). Halofantrine,...

Early warning indicators for population-based monitoring of HIV drug resistance in 6 African countries.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) RNA testing and HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) testing are not routinely available for therapeutic monitoring of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited settings. World Health Organization HIVDR early warning indicators (EWIs) assess ART site factors known to favor the emergence of HIVDR. HIV drug resistance EWI monitoring was performe...

African Countries Short-changed in WTO Negotiations

For the first time, the 2015 World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference would be held in Africa, in Kenya, in December 2015. WTO Director General Roberto Azevêdo stated that the WTO has helped to boost trade growth, resolve trade disputes and support developing countries to integrate into the trading system. But most African countries question that if the multilateral trade negotiati...

Investigating Agricultural Productivity Growth and Convergence in Iran and Eastern African Countries

The issue of convergence or divergence of productivity has important policy for regional poverty reduction and increasing standards of living. If productivity converges to a common level without intervention, there is little need for explicit policies in lagging regions to promote catch up. On the other hand, productivity has divergence trend, then explicit policies would be needed to prevent f...