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Cepheid Inc., a US molecular diagnostics company and a wholly-owned arm of Danaher Corporation has been granted WHO prequalification for its diagnostic tests for tuberculosis.
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Danaher’s Cepheid gets first WHO prequalification nod for TB tests

Cepheid Inc., a US molecular diagnostics company and a wholly-owned arm of Danaher Corporation has been granted WHO prequalification for its diagnostic tests.

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Tuberculosis has emerged as the world’s top infectious disease with about 8.2 million people newly diagnosed with the illness last year — the highest on records since WHO began global monitoring in 1995.
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Tuberculosis was the world’s top infectious disease killer last year

Tuberculosis has emerged as the world’s top infectious disease with about 8.2 million people newly diagnosed with the illness last year — the.

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World leaders call for action to combat antimicrobial resistance threat

HQ Team September 27, 2024: World leaders convened at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 26, to address the escalating threat.

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A family of antimicrobial compounds can neutralise necrotising fasciitis, a deadly bacterial skin infection that is also known as flesh-eating disease, when tested in mice, according to researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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Scientists develop potential compound to neutralise flesh-eating bacteria

A family of antimicrobial compounds can neutralise necrotising fasciitis, a deadly bacterial skin infection that is also known as flesh-eating disease, when tested.

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WHO issues global warning on drug-resistant Klebsiella Pneumonie pathogen
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WHO warns on drug-resistant Klebsiella Pneumonie spread

HQ Team August 4, 2024: The WHO has warned about the rising global incidence of hypervirulent and multi-resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae (hvKp) infections. The.

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About 70% of the 4.2 million deaths in 2019 attributed to air pollution were caused by cardiovascular conditions — ischaemic heart disease and stroke, according to a report.
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One billion people may get better health services by 2025: WHO says

HQ Team May 7, 2024: A target of one billion additional people enjoying better health and well-being is likely to be met by.

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Better access to testing and diagnostic services is required to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STI) being acquired by more than one million people every day, the WHO stated.
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Require access to testing, diagnostic services to control STI: WHO

HQ Team July 26, 2023: Better access to testing and diagnostic services is required to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STI) being acquired by.

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Pfizer’s last-stage experimental trials for treating multi-drug-resistant bacteria have yielded positive results, the US-based company announced.
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Pfizer: ’Positive results’ emerge out of multi-drug-resistant trials

HQ Team June 1, 2023: Pfizer’s last-stage experimental trials for treating multi-drug-resistant bacteria have yielded positive results, the US-based company announced. The Phase.

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WHO Malaria Africa
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Drug resistance to malaria on the rise in Africa, WHO says

Antimalarial drug resistance in Africa is a severe cause for concern and parasite resistance to artemisinin medicine has emerged in the Greater Mekong.

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Tuberculosis claims 1.6 million people in 2021, WHO says

Tuberculosis, the second deadliest infectious killer after Covid-19, claimed 1.6 million lives last year, including 187,000 HIV-positive patients, according to the WHO's 2022.

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