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Transparency and corruption risk in pharmaceutical procurement practices at public health facilities in Northeast Ethiopia: a multi-facility study.
J Pharm Policy Pract
December 2024
Department of Pharmaceutics and Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Background: Fraud in pharmaceutical tenders is a severe form of corruption that poses a significant threat to public health, patients, and the community. Due to the substantial financial volume in the pharmaceutical sector, vulnerable points in decision-making for market entry and purchase are at risk. As a result, the objective of this study was to measure the level of transparency and risk of corruption in pharmaceuticals' procurement practices in South Wollo, North-East Ethiopia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWellness Influencer Responses to COVID-19 Vaccines on Social Media: A Longitudinal Observational Study.
J Med Internet Res
November 2024
School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Background: Online wellness influencers (individuals dispensing unregulated health and wellness advice over social media) may have incentives to oppose traditional medical authorities. Their messaging may decrease the overall effectiveness of public health campaigns during global health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic.
Objective: This study aimed to probe how wellness influencers respond to a public health campaign; we examined how a sample of wellness influencers on Twitter (rebranded as X in 2023) identified before the COVID-19 pandemic on Twitter took stances on the COVID-19 vaccine during 2020-2022.
Dynamic changes in the gel properties, microbial community, and volatile flavor profile of Spanish mackerel () sausages inoculated with CY1-2.
Food Funct
November 2024
College of Food Science and Engineering, Bohai University, National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Storage, Processing and Safety Control Technology for Fresh Agricultural and Aquatic Products, Jinzhou, Liaoning, 121013, China.
Spanish mackerel is an important economic fish species in China, but corruption undermines its overall economic value. Fermentation serves as a crucial technique for preserving perishable fish in developing countries. This study aimed to examine the dynamic changes in the gel properties, physicochemical properties, microbial diversity, and volatile flavor compounds (VFCs) of Spanish mackerel sausages inoculated with CY1-2 during fermentation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA narrative review on problems in product quality, regulatory system constraints, and the concept of quality by design as a solution for quality assurance of African medicines.
Front Med (Lausanne)
October 2024
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Background: The provision of medicines with confirmed quality and efficacy is critical for maintaining the public health and building confidence in the healthcare systems. However, the presence of poor-quality medicines still presents a significant challenge in the pharmaceutical landscape across the African regions. This is further exacerbated by the lack of consistency or discrepancy in the current regulatory framework.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRepeated lyophilization: A neo-method for urine-based reference materials preparation.
J Pharm Biomed Anal
January 2025
Department of Forensic Toxicology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China. Electronic address:
In urine drug testing, a cut-off value is often imposed to determine whether the sample is negative or positive. A matrix containing a reference substance helps counteract the adverse effects of the urine matrix across different laboratories to improve the consistency of final results. However, as a biological matrix, urine is prone to corruption and other problems that make it difficult to use as a reference sample.
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