Shortages of medicines: a complex global challenge

Shortages of medicines: a complex global challenge.

Editorials 158 Shortages of essential medicines, among them generic injectable chemotherapy agents, are causing increasing concern in the United States of America (USA). However, the problem is far wider, affecting other classes of medicines including injectable anaesthetic agents, such as propofol, intravenous nutrition and elec-trolyte products, enzyme replacement products and radiopharmaceut...

Medicines shortages in Australia-the reality.

The changing pattern of shortages in our remote hospital is not unexpected, reflecting the well-documented burden of international drug shortages. 2 What is alarming though, particularly with the vulnerabilities of supply in a remote setting, is the lack of national response from government or industry to reduce the occurrence and mitigate the impact of shortages. 2–3 As a recent example, in Ma...

Mycotoxins, a Major Challenge in Global Food Security

Food Security Emerges as a Complex Global Challenge (16.1)

Measures are being taken toward land restoration and explosive remnants of war clearance to aid in worldwide food security. Global demining and ordnance removal efforts are contribiting to health improvements and land availability for sustainable crop growth. This article discusses the problem of food security in the twenty-first century and briefly reviews three sets of concerns that are conve...

A Case Report of Neonatal Pediculosis: A Simple Challenge, yet Complex

Background: Neonatal pediculosis is a problem the magnitude of which has not been estimated; however, it is regarded as a diagnostic challenge and becomes one of the management challenges for which there are very few managementoptions in terms of age, gestation, and the potential effects of drug toxicity.Case report: Here, we report a case of preterm who developed pediculosis capitis in t...