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Raffaella Ravinetto
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Open AccessThe response to substandard and falsified medical products in francophone sub-Saharan African countries: weaknesses and opportunities
Assuring the quality of medical products manufactured, imported or distributed in francophone sub-Saharan Africa remains a challenge, despite positive signals like the growing engagement in the benchmarking of...
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Global Evidence on Assuring Quality of Medicines
Quality of medicine is a major challenge, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The factors contributing include weak regulatory capacity, the capacity of the pharmaceutical industry, supply chain is...
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Reference Work Entry In depth
Global Evidence on Assuring Quality of Medicines
Quality of medicine is a major challenge, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The factors contributing include weak regulatory capacity, the capacity of the pharmaceutical industry, supply chain is...
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Open AccessAge-modified factors associated with placental malaria in rural Burkina Faso
Malaria in pregnancy can result in placental infection with fetal implications. This study aimed at assessing placental malaria (PM) prevalence and its associated factors in a cohort of pregnant women with per...
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Open AccessStudy on identification, assay and organoleptic quality of veterinary medicines in Ethiopia
Medicines of poor quality are currently prevailing problems undermining the quality of health care services in veterinary and human medicine. In this study, physico-chemical quality of veterinary medicines was...
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Open AccessTraining on adequate use of opioid analgesics in West and Central Africa: a neglected step on the way to access to essential medicines?
Alleviating acute and chronic pain is a moral imperative for health professionals and health systems, and it requires adequate access to and use of essential opioid analgesics. However, this is still a neglect...
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Open AccessPreprints in times of COVID19: the time is ripe for agreeing on terminology and good practices
Over recent years, the research community has been increasingly using preprint servers to share manuscripts that are not yet peer-reviewed. Even if it enables quick dissemination of research findings, this pra...
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Open AccessAssessments of the quality systems of pharmaceutical distributors: a remote approach to be applied in times of COVID-19 and beyond
Adequate quality systems throughout pharmaceutical supply chains are crucial to protect individuals and communities from substandard and falsified medical products. Thus, pharmaceutical distributors are regula...
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Open AccessThe importance of visual inspection in national quality assurance systems for medicines
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Open AccessFetal biometry assessment with Intergrowth 21st’s and Salomon’s equations in rural Burkina Faso
Ultrasound scanning during the 2nd or the 3rd trimester of pregnancy for fetal size disturbances screening is heavily dependent of the choice of the reference chart. This study aimed to assess the agreement of...
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Open AccessIn vivo/ex vivo efficacy of artemether–lumefantrine and artesunate–amodiaquine as first-line treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in children: an open label randomized controlled trial in Burkina Faso
Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is recommended to improve malaria treatment efficacy and limit drug-resistant parasites selection in malaria endemic areas. 5 years after they were adopted, the effi...
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Open AccessEthics preparedness: facilitating ethics review during outbreaks - recommendations from an expert panel
Ensuring that countries have adequate research capacities is essential for an effective and efficient response to infectious disease outbreaks. The need for ethical principles and values embodied in internatio...
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Open AccessArtemisinin-based combination therapy during pregnancy: outcome of pregnancy and infant mortality: a cohort study
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation of treating uncomplicated malaria during the second and third trimester of pregnancy with an artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) has already been impl...
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Open AccessThe assessment of gestational age: a comparison of different methods from a malaria pregnancy cohort in sub-Saharan Africa
Determining gestational age in resource-poor settings is challenging because of limited availability of ultrasound technology and late first presentation to antenatal clinic. Last menstrual period (LMP), symph...
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Open AccessThe Belgian commitment to pharmaceutical quality: a model policy to improve quality assurance of medicines available through humanitarian and development programs
Today, a combination of globalization of pharmaceutical production, lack of regulatory harmonization, and weakness of Medicines Regulatory Authorities, creates the “perfect conditions” for poor-quality medicin...
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Open AccessFighting poor-quality medicines in low- and middle-income countries: the importance of advocacy and pedagogy
The globalization of pharmaceutical production has not been accompanied by a strengthening and harmonization of the regulatory systems worldwide. Thus, the global market is characterized today by a situation o...
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Open AccessSponsorship in non-commercial clinical trials: definitions, challenges and the role of Good Clinical Practices guidelines
Non-commercial clinical research plays an increasingly essential role for global health. Multiple partners join in international consortia that operate under the limited timeframe of a specific funding period....
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Open AccessErratum to: Diagnosis of neglected tropical diseases among patients with persistent digestive disorders (diarrhoea and/or abdominal pain ≥14 days): a multi-country, prospective, non-experimental case–control study
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Open AccessDiagnosis of neglected tropical diseases among patients with persistent digestive disorders (diarrhoea and/or abdominal pain ≥14 days): a multi-country, prospective, non-experimental case–control study
Diarrhoea still accounts for considerable mortality and morbidity worldwide. The highest burden is concentrated in tropical areas where populations lack access to clean water, adequate sanitation and hygiene. ...
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Open AccessInnovations in research ethics governance in humanitarian settings
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is one of the world’s leading humanitarian medical organizations. The increased emphasis in MSF on research led to the creation of an ethics review board (ERB) in 2001. The ERB h...
