The first-line anti-malaria therapy used along the Thai-Burmese since 1994 is becoming increasingly ineffective in treating the disease, according to a new study.
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Tuberculosis medication to ‘run out’ by October
Medical officials say supplies of vital tuberculosis medication will run out by October.
Burma’s electricity woes harm medicines, risk lives
Due to constant power failures across Burma, medicines that need to be kept at specifically refrigerated temperatures, such as cancer medication and insulin, are becoming damaged and putting patients’ lives…
Concern over meningitis outbreak in Magwe division
Mar 6, 2009 (DVB), Residents in Magwe division's Pokokku are taking random medication to prevent meningitis after a young local died two weeks ago from the disease. A monk in…