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		<title>A New Initiative on Chagas / Nova iniciativa sobre Doença de Chagas</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/a-new-initiative-on-chagas-nova-iniciativa-sobre-doenca-de-chagas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[benznidazole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Pécoul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chagas disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DNDi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doença de Chagas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doenças negligenciadas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiocruz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infectious diseases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Médecins sans Frontières]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicamentos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neglected diseases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nifurtimox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OPAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PAHO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salud pública]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WHO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi):
Forgotten and with few treatment options, Chagas debilitates and kills

100 years since Chagas disease was discovered, DNDi launches an international campaign “Wake Up. Time to Treat Chagas Disease!” with a call for better medicines and treatment of patients.

One hundred years after the discovery of Chagas disease, 100 million people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Linking the Pharmacopeias of Argentina and Brazil</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/industry-sectors/pharmaceutical-issues/linking-the-pharmacopeias-of-argentina-and-brazil/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/industry-sectors/pharmaceutical-issues/linking-the-pharmacopeias-of-argentina-and-brazil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[active ingredients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alemanha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anvisa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brasil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EE.UU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[excipients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmacêuticos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farmacopea Mexicana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmacopéia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farmacopéia Brasileira]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farmacopéia Internacional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fármacos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[França]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insumos farmacêuticos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japão]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicamentos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MERCOSUL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MERCOSUR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monografias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monographs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pharmaceuticals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pharmacopeia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Política Nacional de Medicamentos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portugal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[substâncias químicas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WHO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=5340</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Brazil&#8217;s National Sanitary Vigilance Agency (Anvisa) today issued a regulation (Resolution RDC 37) permitting reference chemical substances certified by either the Argentine Pharmacopeia or the World Health Organization&#8217;s (WHO) International Pharmacopeia to be used for evaluating the quality of pharmaceutical raw materials (active ingredients and excipients) and medicines produced in Brazil.
Anvisa already allowed that, where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Main Causes of Accidential Poisoning in Jamaica&#8217;s Children</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/the-main-causes-of-accidential-poisoning-in-jamaicas-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/the-main-causes-of-accidential-poisoning-in-jamaicas-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 01:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cleaning Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accidental poisoning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bleach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CARPIN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child-resistant packaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Ministry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[household chemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamaica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pesticides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pharmaceuticals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poison prevention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soft drink bottles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water bottles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=4449</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Ministry of Health (MOH):
Bleach, Pharmaceuticals and Pesticides, main agents of accidental poisoning in children … Health Ministry warns parents and caregivers
The Ministry of Health’s surveillance reports have uncovered that bleach, pharmaceuticals (medications) and pesticides are still major household health hazards accounting for majority of cases of accidental poisoning in children.
According to the 2008 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culmina armonización andina de requisitos para productos de higiene doméstica y absorbentes de higiene personal</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/culmina-armonizacion-de-requisitos-para-productos-de-higiene-domestica-y-absorbentes-de-higiene-personal-en-la-comunidad-andina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cleaning Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cosmetics/Personal Care Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[absorbentes de higiene personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andean Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comunidad Andina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosméticos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosmetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counterfeit medicines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital signature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firma digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productos de higiene doméstica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productos farmacéuticos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reglamento técnico andino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technical standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WTO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=3541</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Synopsis in English: The Andean Community (CAN) is putting the finishing touches on the new Community norm to harmonize member states&#8217; (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) sanitary control regimes regarding household and personal hygiene products, such as soaps, detergents, fabric softeners, surface cleansers, stain removers, bleaches, air fresheners, sanitary towels, disposable diapers, tampons, towelettes, etc.
To refresh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Andean Medicines Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/industry-sectors/pharmaceutical-issues/an-andean-medicines-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/industry-sectors/pharmaceutical-issues/an-andean-medicines-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[access to medicines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andean Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biológicos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clinical research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comunidad Andina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Convenio Hipólito Unanue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desnutrición infantil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epidemiological surveillance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[essential medicines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estudios clínicos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmacovigilancia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intellectual property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malnutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicamentos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicamentos esenciales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicines Observatory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MERCOSUR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Observatorio de Medicamentos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ORAS-CONHU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PAHO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PASAFRO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pharmaceuticals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pharmacovigilance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productos farmacéuticos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[propiedad industrial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red-PARF]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vigilancia epidemiológica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WHO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=4135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday the 30th Meeting of the Health Ministers of the Andean Area (RMSAA) agreed on other important health measures &#8212; a coordinated epidemiological surveillance system, joint plans to combat HIV/AIDS, protect health in border areas and to combat child malnutrition &#8212; but the one that caught my eye was the new Andean Medicines Policy.
Not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colombia Imposes Take-Back for Expired Medicines</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/waste-recycling/colombia-imposes-take-back-for-expired-medicines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/waste-recycling/colombia-imposes-take-back-for-expired-medicines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste & Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFIDRO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANDI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASINFAR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distribuidores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[droguerías]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[end-of-life products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expired medicines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmácias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fármacos caducos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juan Lozano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MAVDT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicamentos vencidos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pharmaceuticals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pharmacies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[residuos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[take-back]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waste]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=2679</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two years ago Environment Minister got the attention of industry when he published for public comment two draft decrees imposing extended producer responsibility (EPR) for end-of-life batteries and medicines.
Now, after nearly two years of discussions between the Environment Ministry (MAVDT) and industry groups representing the pharmaceutical sector in Colombia &#8212; namely the Colombian Pharmaceutical Industry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Call for Scaled-Up R&amp;D for Neglected Diseases / Una llamada para más I+D para las enfermedades olvidadas / Uma chamada para aumento de P&amp;D sobre as doenças negligenciadas</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/a-call-for-scaled-up-rd-for-neglected-diseases-una-llamada-para-mas-id-para-las-enfermedades-olvidadas-uma-chamada-para-aumento-de-pd-sobre-as-doencas-negligenciadas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASAQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASMQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Pécoul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chagas disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clinical research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DNDi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doença de Chagas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doença do sono]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doenças negligenciadas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doenças parasitárias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enfermedad de Chagas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enfermedades olvidadas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enfermedades parasitarias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G-Finder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investigación clínica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leishmaniose visceral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malaria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Médecins sans Frontières]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicamentos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neglected diseases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P&D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parasitic diseases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pesquisa clínica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pharmaceuticals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R&D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sleeping sickness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visceral leishmaniasis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=2650</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From  the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi):
MSF and DNDi Call for Scale-Up of R&#38;D for Neglected Diseases

Greater Governmental Leadership is needed to Foster Medical Innovation for Millions Suffering from Neglected Diseases

The international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) called today for more sustainable funding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DR &amp; Central America Agree on Common Health, Pharma Policies/Programs</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/dr-central-america-agree-on-common-health-pharma-policiesprograms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It doesn&#8217;t get much attention outside this corner of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), but the annual Meeting of the Health Sector of Central America and the Dominican Republic (Reunión del Sector Salud de Centro América y República Dominicana &#8211; RESSCAD) is quietly doing important work to change health policy among its seven member [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba to Help Argentina Produce Cancer, Antiretroviral Drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/cuba-to-help-argentina-produce-cancer-antiretroviral-drugs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[antiretroviral medicines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Argentina&#8217;s Health Minister Graciela Ocaña has just signed an agreement with Cuba where the latter will aid the former in researching and producing antiretroviral medicines (ARVs), cancer drugs, vaccines and other treatments for diseases prevalent in Argentina.
Last year, shortly after assuming her post, Ocaña established the Program for the Public Production of Medicines, Vaccines and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiocruz Gets Green Light to Produce AIDS Medicine Under Compulsory License</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/fiocruz-gets-green-light-to-produce-aids-medicine-under-compulsory-license/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[AIDS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anvisa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brasil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compulsory licensing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[efavirenz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brazil&#8217;s National Sanitary Vigilance Agency (ANVISA) has authorized the Pharmaceutical Technology Institute (&#8220;Farmanguinhos&#8220;) of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (&#8220;Fiocruz&#8220;) to begin producing the antiretriviral drug Efavirenz.  About 80,000 Brazilian HIV-positive patients currently receive the drug through the National Program on Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (STDs) and AIDS.
To refresh memories, Efavirenz is the AIDS drug for which Brazil [...]]]></description>
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