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Experts are calling for royalty negotiations with ViiV Healthcare and the Medicines Patent Pool in an effort to reduce the price of dolutegravir, which is currently estimated to be 17 times higher in Malaysia compared to neighbouring Thailand.
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Prof Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman urges the same effort for Covid-19 booster vaccination as for the primary immunisation programme, besides masking up, early testing and access to Paxlovid medicine, and mobilising GPs for early Covid detection and management.
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Studies by University of Malaya show that Malaysia’s HPV vaccination programme has resulted in a 90% reduction in HPV types 16 and 18, the main causes of cervical cancer.
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Mashup Score: 0Digital Health: Humble Beginnings, Future Potential — Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman, Prof Zaharin Yusoff & Dr Raymond Choy - CodeBlue - 1 year(s) ago
Digital health, together with artificial intelligence, can help the health sector to develop in several important areas.
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The top three recommendations from the global Delphi consensus study focus on whole-of-society action and maintaining, or in some cases returning, to a vaccine-plus approach.
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Mashup Score: 0Malaysia Needs Access To More Generic HIV Drugs - CodeBlue - 2 year(s) ago
Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman says Malaysia’s position as an upper-middle-income nation means that the country doesn’t automatically qualify for generic price negotiations.
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Mashup Score: 0For Budget 2023, Time To Invest More In Public Health Care — Malaysian Health Coalition - CodeBlue - 2 year(s) ago
An adequate and responsive budget is essential to support the transformation to a more sustainable and effective health system.
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Khairy Jamaluddin says 97% of Form 1 girls were fully inoculated with the HPV vaccine in 2020, but this dropped to 6% in 2021 – due to a global HPV vaccine shortage, not because of school closures.
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Mashup Score: 1Adeeba: Decriminalise Personal Drug Use To Curb HIV - CodeBlue - 2 year(s) ago
Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman says people who use drugs are disproportionately affected by HIV and viral hepatitis because of criminalisation, stigmatisation, and underfunding.
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Mashup Score: 1Khairy Hints At Smoking Ban For Next Generation - CodeBlue - 2 year(s) ago
Khairy Jamaluddin says the new Tobacco and Smoking Control Act will not just regulate vape, but also enforce a smoking “generation endgame”.
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In a new @codebluenews feature, Immediate Past IAS President @ProfAdeeba and other experts share how "negotiation could reduce #HIV drug costs in #Malaysia". 🇲🇾 https://t.co/AsUdUTAFdu