http://www.newsvine.com/malaria-drugsNewsvine - malaria-drugsen-usCopyright 2013Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:14:40 +0000Fri, 24 May 2013 14:46:06 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14812107-officials-debate-whether-to-scrap-malaria-programhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14812107-officials-debate-whether-to-scrap-malaria-programeudrugshealthsciencemedmalaria-drugsWed, 31 Oct 2012 00:02:30 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2009 file photo, a merchant speaks with a woman holding her ill child at a pharmacy in Pailin, Cambodia. The future of a pricey malaria program meant to provide cheap drugs for poor patients may be in jeopardy after health officials clashed over its effectiveness in two new reports. In 2010, the Affordable Medicines Facility for malaria was started by groups including United Nations agencies and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. It was a pilot project to subsidize artemesinin combination drugs. Most of the drugs bought were sold in the private sector, where there are few controls on who gets them. But in October 2012, a report by Oxfam, an international charity, labeled the program a failure and said there was no proof it had saved lives because officials didn't track who received the drugs. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/20/6502467-correction-stolen-malaria-drugs-storyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/20/6502467-correction-stolen-malaria-drugs-storyeucorrectivehealthstolenassociated-pressmalaria-drugsWed, 20 Apr 2011 17:20:13 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/20/6500671-ap-exclusive-millions-in-malaria-drugs-stolenhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/20/6500671-ap-exclusive-millions-in-malaria-drugs-stoleneudrugshealthstolenassociated-pressmalaria-drugsWed, 20 Apr 2011 11:55:58 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Dr. Esther Dalizu holds a pack of Coartem Malaria drugs in a pharmacy in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, April 20, 2011. The drugs are manufactured in USA and is sold in Kenya at shilling 60 for 24 tablets. ( about 40 US cents). A leading global health fund has concluded millions of dollars worth of its donated malaria drugs have been stolen in recent years, vastly exceeding earlier findings on such thefts, according to confidential documents obtained by The Associated Press (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)</p><p>Dr. Esther Dalizu holds a pack of Coartem Malaria drugs in a pharmacy in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, April 20, 2011. The drugs are manufactured in USA and is sold in Kenya at shilling 60 for 24 tablets. ( about 40 US cents). A leading global health fund has concluded millions of dollars worth of its donated malaria drugs have been stolen in recent years, vastly exceeding earlier findings on such thefts, according to confidential documents obtained by The Associated Press (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/01/5021590-some-donated-malaria-drugs-being-stolen-in-africahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/01/5021590-some-donated-malaria-drugs-being-stolen-in-africadrugshealthstolenmedafmalaria-drugsWed, 1 Sep 2010 11:44:45 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 photo, Ayo Bello displays a box of Coartem malaria medication, packaged for the commercial market, at a pharmacy in Lagos, Nigeria. Millions of free malaria drugs are sent to Africa every year by international donors. New research is now providing evidence for what health workers have long suspected: some of the donated medication, readily identifiable by its different packaging, is being stolen and resold on commercial markets. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)</p><p>In this Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 photo, Ayo Bello displays a box of Coartem malaria medication, packaged for the commercial market, at a pharmacy in Lagos, Nigeria. Millions of free malaria drugs are sent to Africa every year by international donors. New research is now providing evidence for what health workers have long suspected: some of the donated medication, readily identifiable by its different packaging, is being stolen and resold on commercial markets. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)</p><p>In this Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 photo, Ayo Bello displays a box of Coartem malaria medication, packaged for the commercial market, at a pharmacy in Lagos, Nigeria. Millions of free malaria drugs are sent to Africa every year by international donors. New research is now providing evidence for what health workers have long suspected: some of the donated medication, readily identifiable by its different packaging, is being stolen and resold on commercial markets. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)</p>