MEDICINES

Africa victim of counterfeit and substandard medicines

Published on: February 2, 2023
11:00

By: Alina Ramos Martin

United Nations, Feb 2 (Prensa Latina) Sub-Saharan Africa records 267,000 deaths each year due to counterfeit or substandard anti-malarial drugs, according to a new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Cuba appreciates Chile’s medical donation to fire victims in Matanzas

Published on: January 25, 2023
14:01

By: Juan M. Garcia

Havana, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuban representatives on Wednesday expressed gratitude for the donation of medicines and medical supplies from the Chilean Government, due to the recent large-scale fire at the Supertanker Base in the Matanzas industrial zone.

WHO urges actions to protect children from contaminated medicines

Published on: January 23, 2023
15:38

By: Pavel López Lazo

Geneva, Jan 23 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday urged to take actions to protect children from over-the-counter cough syrups with confirmed or suspected contamination with high levels of diethylene glycol (DEG) and ethylene glycol (EG).

Cuba resumes Fluticasone and Salbutamol production

Published on: January 18, 2023
15:26

By: Pavel López Lazo

Havana, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) Eduardo Martinez, the Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical Industries of Cuba (BioCubaFarma) President, announced on Wednesday the resumption of Fluticasone and Salbutamol production.

Walgreens, CVS limit children´s medicine purchases amid shortages

Published on: December 27, 2022
16:06

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Dec 27 (Prensa Latina) Several U.S. pharmacies including CVS and Walgreens on Tuesday limited purchases of children´s pain relievers due to shortage of Children´s Tylenol and other medications amid a tripledemic of Covid-19, flu and RSV cases nationwide.

Cubans living in Mexico send medicines to their compatriots

Published on: October 5, 2022
14:21

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Mexico City, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) The Jose Martí Association of Cuban residents in Mexico today sent 100 kilos of medicines to their compatriots on the island, paid for with their own efforts.

Argentina to send 2.7 tons of medical supplies to Cuba

Published on: August 14, 2022
10:17

By: Pavel López Lazo

Buenos Aires, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) Argentina will send its first batch of 2.7 tons of medical supplies to Cuba as solidarity support following death-dealing fire at the Matanzas oil terminal, Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero reported Sunday.

Theft of medicines in Panama’s public healthcare system denounced

Published on: August 5, 2022
00:30

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Panama, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) Medicines from Panama's Caja de Seguro Social (CSS), intended to improve the health of the insured people, end up in private stores, the newspaper La Prensa denounced.

Cuba to guarantee medicines in the midst of the U.S. blockade

Published on: May 30, 2022
11:41

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Havana, May 30 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical Industries Group (BioCubaFarma) is advancing today a strategy aimed at the production of 525 medicines in the midst of the limitations imposed by the U.S. economic blockade.

DPRK mobilizes medicines after increase in deaths from rare fever

Published on: May 16, 2022
07:54

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Pyongyang, May 16 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) ordered the stable supply of medicines after 50 people died from a fever of unknown cause, which since April developed 1.2 million citizens, media reported.

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