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WHO updates Essential Medicines List with new advice on use of antibiotics, and adds medicines for hepatitis C, HIV, TB and cancer

6 JUNE 2017 | GENEVA – New advice on which antibiotics to use for common infections and which to preserve for the most serious circumstances is among the additions to the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Model List of Essential Medicines for 2017. Other additions include medicines for HIV, hepatitis C, tuberculosis and leukaemia. The updated …

Approximately 50% patients in India fail to take medicines correctly – IIHMR University

University concludes WHO supported program on ‘Pharmaceutical Management in Hospitals’- Focuses on Rational use of medicines       ·         IIHMR University designated as a WHO Collaborating Centre for District Health System Based on Primary Health Care ·         Conducts Management Development Programmes (MDP’s) in Management, Public Health and Health Sector Reforms ·         Pharmaceuticals the 2nd …