The News Review:
- Child Friendly Anti-Malarial Drug Introduced Across Africa
- Child’s death spurs rush for flu vaccinations
- Children in the Mental Health Void
Child Friendly Anti-Malarial Drug Introduced Across Africa
Voice of America -
Health officials hope the launch will help cut the number of infant deaths from malaria by making treatment easier and more effective. The Swiss drug company Novartis in conjunction with Geneva-based non-profit Medicines for Malaria Venture launched a new version of the anti-malarial drug Coartem at a conference in Dakar. As the promotional video for the drug explains the new medicine tested in conjunction with the Tanzanian Ministry of Health has been proven as effective as the previous version but has been given a new child-friendly flavor and can be administered in child-size doses. The drug comes in tablets which are dissolved in a small amount of water becoming a fruit flavored drink.
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Child’s death spurs rush for flu vaccinations
Boston Globe United States -
The West Roxbury office of Harvard Vanguard Medical received 30 calls yesterday and 15 calls came in to the Children’s Hospital Primary Care Center a high number for this late in February Dr. Meanwhile a large pediatric group practice contacted the Boston Public Health Commission looking for vaccine for its patients while elsewhere parents tacked on flu shot requests if they were in the exam room already. In every case medical staff members attributed the uptick to news of the first death of a child from flu this winter. Hunter Pope a seventh grader at Boston Latin Academy died over the weekend of influenza complications. Yesterday public health officials said that the boy had not received the flu vaccine. fficials were still trying to determine which strain of flu killed the boy.
Children in the Mental Health Void
New York Times United States -
?Parents who have not been abusive or neglectful are put in the untenable situation of having to surrender custody? Bellonci told me. ?It?s criminal frankly. ? In Nebraska where access to child mental health services is particularly poor child advocates had hoped that last year?s headline-making child abandonments would shock lawmakers into spending more money to develop better child mental health services. But that isn?t happening. So far Moore says the only legislation likely to win passage would create a uniform state hotline and provide ?navigators? to help parents find mental health services for their children. There isn?t however any increased funding for actual care. And without access to services she said ?We fear it?ll be a hotline and navigators to nowhere.
