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  • Children are the key to behaviour change to reduce infection

    Schoolboy Yangyang was growing weaker by the day. When his symptoms worsened into diarrhoea and abdominal pain, his parents took him to the nearest hospital in Guangxi, southeastern China, where the doctor examined him on arrival and administered treatment. To confirm his suspicion, the doctor ordered a fecal examination. The result confirmed that Yangyang was suffering from a parasitic infection of the liver that can be caused by eating raw fish – a traditional dietary practice that has developed into a gr

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    Regions: China, United Kingdom

    Topics: Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Poor quality medicines putting the lives of pregnant women at risk

     

    Good-quality medicines, given at the right time, can save the lives of pregnant and recently pregnant women and their newborn babies. New evidence synthesis reveals however, that in many health-care settings across the world, women with life-threatening maternal complications are given poor quality medicines – putting their lives and well-being at grave risk.

    The systematic review, authored by staff at WHO Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research

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    Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Global Women's Issues

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