Do you know that children are dying for lack of medicines?

Question

"LONDON (Reuters) - Children are dying for lack of drugs tailored to their needs, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), which launched a global campaign on Thursday to promote more research into child medicine.

More than half the drugs currently used to treat children in the industrialised world have not been specifically tested on youngsters, even though they metabolise medicines differently to adults.

As a result, clinicians lack clear guidelines on the best drug to use and often have to guess at the correct dose.

The problem is even worse in developing countries where price remains a major barrier and 6 million children die each year from treatable conditions.

In the case of HIV/AIDS, the few existing paediatric therapies developed for children generally cost three times more than adult ones."

Everyone should know about this and do what they can to remedy the situation.

Edit: LovelyBear, you could your local medical community centre & lobby for awareness & change. I have. Every voice counts.

Edit: please read as "you could join your" above...

Answer 1

AOA..

Thankyou very much for this info...since i want to pursue a career in medicine, its going to be useful for me

I hope ppl read this....especially doctors...cos then thay might be able to make a change for the better

Answer 2

The reality and horrors on the blunders and slip-ups with human errors over the loss of our creator's universal gifts of life that was lost with time vital for the survival and advancement of living human kind.
Without being aware of the mess created in own backyards in time.
Luke 9.55-56
Luke 4.4, 23
Revealation.21. 1-7
Luke 6.39-40,41-45,46-49
What do you think?

Answer 3

So what can I do to recitfy the situation?

Do enlighten me.

Answer 4

How about the people that keep breeding kids who dont have proper medicines stop FRIKKING BREEDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!