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India’s problem — different drugs, identical brand names

The consequences of confusion between medications with identical brand names at the pharmacy can be serious for patients

The Hindu

How British American Tobacco lobbied Kenya to water down nicotine pouch warnings

Exclusive: tobacco giant said it would pull investment from a Nairobi factory if its request for smaller health labels was not met, leaked documents show

The Guardian - UK

CNN lets Israeli military censor news

"War-crime" and "genocide" are taboo words, network insider tells The Intercept

Salon

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India’s alarming ‘fixed dose combination’ problem

Pharmaceutical companies in India use these fixed dose combination drugs to escape liability under multiple laws without much concern for public health

The Hindu

Israel says its troops have entered Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City

The Israeli military said in a posting on social media that it was launching "a precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a specified area" of the Gaza Strip's largest medical facility.

WEKU

How are Gaza casualty updates affected by Israeli attacks on hospitals?

The hospitals in Gaza are under heavy assault by the Israeli military, making it difficult to document casualty figures.

Al Jazeera

With ACT and NZ First promising to overhaul Pharmac, what’s in store for publicly funded medicines?

Never before has Pharmac – the government’s medicine procurement agency and decision maker – featured so prominently in an election.

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Long Covid's 'missing thousands' in NZ

New Zealand may have 100,000-150,000 people affected by Long Covid and ME, and of those, 85 percent will be moderately to very severely affected and needing significant support, says Emeritus Professor Warren Tate

Newsroom.co.nz

The week in audio: The Rest is Football; Terribly Famous; File on 4: Jon Holmes, Generation Shame; This Cultural Life

Gary Lineker tackles some offside topics in his new podcast, while a celebrity series discusses all things Adele. Plus, Jon Holmes on the painful search for his birth parents, and the return of a Radio 4 favourite

The Guardian - UK

Clock ticks for care and support pay equity deal

Legislation allowing pay equity claims for care and support workers will expire at the end of the year and unions are pushing for the Ministry of Health and the Public Service Commission to come to the party.

Newsroom.co.nz

Why pharmacy ownership matters

If pharmacists lose control of their businesses, the biggest issue will be public safety, writes Tara Officer

Newsroom.co.nz

Supply of medicines to NZ threatened after vaccine disclosure – Ombudsman

After the Government mistakenly released confidential information about Covid-19 vaccines, the health ministry says it was 'made clear' this could have implications for broader pharmaceutical and therapeutic supply.

Newsroom.co.nz

Fact check | Notification giving MBBS status to nursing graduates is fake, says Ministry of Health

The Ministry of Health has alerted the public of a fake notification that is doing the rounds, in which the Indian Nursing Council has seemingly announced that nursing candidates would be considered equal to MBBS graduates.

The Hindu

Disabled Ministry plans for up to 2500 new carer employees

Hundreds of people may be deemed to work for the Govt and not for their disabled family members, if the Court of Appeal upholds a decision.

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NZ 'too small' for PwC-style tax rort

Despite the tax advice scandal rocking the Australian business community, experts say the symbiotic relationship between the big four accounting firms and the New Zealand Government is apparently no cause for concern.

WEKU

What does the end of the COVID emergency mean to you? Here's what Kenyans told us

Our reporter spoke to residents of Kibera, known as Africa's largest urban slum. Many had not yet heard that the World Health Organization ended the state of "emergency." They had strong reactions.

Newsroom.co.nz

After year-long delay, ministry scraps Covid survey

A Covid-19 prevalence survey would have revealed the true levels of infection in the community, with one expert saying their advice to the Government will suffer without it.

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Govt seeks assurance over claims disability funding system breaks law

The new Ministry of Disabled People Whaikaha has been told the way it administers funding could be illegal.

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The Independent UK

As Ukraine war drags on, civilians' mental health needs rise

Huddled in the back of a café near the train station where a missile killed dozens of people nearly a year ago, Nastya takes slow, deliberate breaths to calm herself

Newsroom.co.nz

Trans health advice scrubbed after complaints

Pressure from the public, including anti-transgender activists, contributed to the Ministry of Health's decision to remove health advice regarding puberty blockers from its website.

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