Health workers and volunteers read out handouts to local villagers on how to protect themselves from ebola virus, Liberia. (Source: Rex Features / Eyepress / SIPA) Pharmacists working in West Africa have spoken about the overwhelming scale of the challenges they have faced in Liberia in the battle against the Ebola virus. They paint a picture of...
Drugs in development can be used for the treatment of Ebola, an international panel of ethics experts has recommended to the World Health Organization. Marie-Paule Kieny, assistant director general of the World Health Organization, told the media that compassionate use of experimental treatments provided an opportunity to “right a wrong” (Source:...
World Health Organization takes steps to dampen public expectation about the potential of drugs in development to fight the virus. Liberians read the ’daily talk’ chalkboard on the Ebola crisis in the capital Monrovia. According to statistics from the World Health Organization, as of 16 August 2014, 1,229 people have died from Ebola in West...
As West African countries struggle to manage the current Ebola outbreak, more needs to be done internationally to improve the capabilities of the local pharmacy workforce. West Africa is currently in the grip of a terrifying outbreak of the Ebola virus disease (EVD). As of 26 August 2014, 3,069 people have been identified with the virus, of whom...
Lloyd Matowe and colleagues look at how the role of pharmacists in developing countries could be enhanced. The definition of public health has evolved over the years. An early definition by Winslow described it as the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting physical and mental health and well-being through the...
Lloyd Matowe, Pharmaceutical Systems Africa And Amani Thomas Mori, Muhimbili University Of Health And Allied Sciences, Tanzania Population health deals with health beyond the individual. It addresses the combined impact of social determinants such as environment and social structure and includes health care. With the role of pharmacists...