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Microtechnology for the third world.

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micro for the third world.

-a conference sponsored by CIC microGUNE today discussed the potential impact of the diagnostic devices faster in developing countries in Madrid

-devices “ lab on a chip ” are able to diagnose infectious diseases in a few minutes with low cost and great portability

-infectious diseases as malaria, pneumonia and AIDS cause millions of deaths a year in Africa

Madrid, April 2010- the latest advances in Microtechnologies not only serve to increase the quality of life of the inhabitants of the developed countries. They can also be very useful to improve the conditions of people living in developing countries. Under the title “ the exploitation of lab on a chip for emerging and developing ”, CIC microGUNE sponsors a Conference which will discuss today April 30 in Madrid the potential impact of this new technology, that allows to incorporate elements of a laboratory in a tiny chip, to the most disadvantaged areas of the planet.

The Congress, to be held at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid under the direction of the researcher of CIC microGUNE Ruano Jesus, is framed in the European project Labonfoil, with a budget of EUR 7 million and coordinated by the Basque Centre. The program includes presentations carried out by those responsible for some of the leading companies working in the field of Microtechnologies, Philips, Futaba, Yole, Biotools or Mondragon Corporation, as well as centers of research such as the London International Development Centre (LIDC), the Finnish VTT Technical Research Centre, the Molecular Biology Institute of Paraná (Brazil) or own CIC microGUNE.

The Congress is based on reflection that access to adequate diagnostic tools is an essential step in the path towards an improvement of the health on a global scale. With current technology, devices based on Microtechnologies, they can offer a diagnosis in just a few minutes with a sample of saliva or blood, constitute an alternative to low cost and portable with great potential in countries with low purchasing power, poor health infrastructure and great health needs.

Scientists believe that the diagnosis is crucial in order to determine who should receive a specific treatment and that it is also suitable. Current diagnostic tools aren’t appropriate for countries developing, since they are very expensive, require a health infrastructure in many cases non-existent and need qualified staff. In addition, not to offer a reliable diagnosis, treatment of certain diseases, such as the infectious, costs soar, that you choose to treat patient groups with a dubious diagnosis.

However, there are still many barriers to ensure that these technologies can impact on a large scale in the disadvantaged countries. One of the main objectives of the Symposium is precisely to identify these barriers and to establish a framework for future developments. Some organizations, such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, work already, through the Grand Challenges for Global Health, in projects that encourage r & d to tackle health problems in the third world. For example, work on a device about the size of a credit card capable of performing up to 20 tests at the same time from a small sample of blood.

The microdispositivos of rapid diagnosis can be particularly useful and effective in diagnosing infectious diseases that pose a major health problem in developing countries. In fact, pneumonia is 21 per cent of all child deaths in Africa and 19 per cent in South-East Asia, malaria causes more than one million deaths each year in poor countries, and 20 per cent of pregnant women in many countries of sub-Saharan Africa are infected with HIV.

Rapid diagnosis, the bet of CIC microGUNE

In this line of research on rapid diagnosis is precisely works CIC microGUNE: developing devices to detect pathologies at the time and in any environment of patient care. Therefore, CIC microGUNE focuses on the development of devices capable of diagnoses by analysis biomolecular in a quick way of very small, low cost, disposable size.

It is the objective of the European project Labonfoil, led by CIC microGUNE through its unit of microfluidics in Ikerlan-IK4 and framed this Congress. In their previous meeting, held last year in London, experts in Microtechnologies discussed the future of devices for quick diagnosis in the advanced countries.

In addition to Labonfoil, CIC microGUNE also develops projects in the field of health, as a micropipette to improve the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, a device to detect salmonella in foods, a device that controls the optimum stage of a body before her transplant and tissue engineering to produce live patches that fix lesions in vital organs.

CIC microGUNE stems from a strategic alliance between the research centres Ceit-IK4, Ikerlan-IK4 and Tekniker-IK4, Mondragon Unibertsitatea and Tecnun, universities with the collaboration of the Belgian IMEC Research Centre and supported by the Group of Mondragón, for research and technological development in micro- and nanotechnologies.

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Global who programme for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis.

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Andrew Witty, GSK CEO, announces that the company will devote its facilities from the Centre of production of Nashik (India) to the production of Albendazole, treatment for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis, according to the program of the who to this disease.

London, March 2010.- Andrew Witty, CEO GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), has announced that GSK will dedicate its new drug production center, located in Nashik (India), the production of Albendazole, drug used in combination with each other within the world programme of the World Health Organization (who) to the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis.

With this announcement GSK reiterates its commitment to seeking solutions to improve the public health world, and especially to do it in his fight with diseases that mainly affect developing countries. This new production center, which has meant an investment of 15 million rupees, $330,000, will annually produce about 300 million more treatments of Albendazole, GSK already is currently constitutes the largest donation of drugs in the history of the global pharmaceutical industry.

The world for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis programme has become the programme’s administration and donation of drugs that has grown throughout the history of public health. Since that started in the year 2000, more than 1.9 billion treatment to more than 570 million people in 48 of the 83 countries that Lymphatic Filariasis is an endemic disease has been given.

Andrew Witty said: “ 30 years scientific advances led to the eradication of smallpox. Today, we hope that other disease, Lymphatic Filariasis, is restricted to the history books. New data are encouraging and show that the simplicity of the programme for the Elimination of diseases who works perfectly. With this investment in the India will be able to focus on one of the largest areas suffering from Lymphatic Filariasis, as well as support the efforts made by the Government of the India to control and eradicate this disabling tropical disease ”.

Also added: “ is a lesson in humility to form part of a program that has been able to deal with 570 million people in 48 countries. GSK is proud of the role in the programme against Lymphatic Filariasis and we are fully committed to the eradication of the disease around the world ”.

Currently worldwide, more than 1.3 billion people at risk of disability or disfigurement caused by Lymphatic Filariasis, a third of whom live in the India. It is estimated the cost to the economy of the India can exceed the 840 million of us $ each year, due to the costs of treatment, the reduction of working time and lost productivity.

The center of production of GSK in Nashik can get to save the health system of the India some 1,380 million rupees, the treatment costs US $ 30 million, as well as improving the lives of 550 million people at risk of developing this debilitating disease.
Center East of Nashik represents half of the annual production capacity of GSK for Lymphatic Filariasis from the who programme. The technology used in this plant was moved from Cape Town and its manufacture began in August 2009. The first batch of 15 million Albendazole tablets was sent to the who on December 23, 2009. It is expected that this year Nashik produce 300 million treatments.

Since its inception, the international work in the who programme to eradicate Lymphatic Filariasis has made unprecedented progress to rid the world of one of the most disabling diseases. The relationship cost-effectiveness, together with the achievements of the programme, have become the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis programme a model to follow for future partnerships at the international level can carry out for large scale, improve public health and health officials have been encouraged to request the creation of a fund specialized treatment and eradication of diseases tropical forgotten.

Given that the global programme is ongoing with the goal of eradicating Lymphatic Filariasis by 2020, years will witness tremendous growth and a rapid expansion.

About Lymphatic Filariasis

Lymphatic Filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, is a parasitic infection transmitted by mosquitoes that causes swelling of the limbs, breasts and genitals. Considered a neglected tropical disease, Lymphatic Filariasis almost exclusively affects the poorest people on the planet. Approximately one-fifth of the world’s population (about 1.3 billion people) run the risk of Filariasis lymphatic and approximately 120 million from 83 countries already suffer from it.

GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline is one of the leading companies in research-based pharmaceutical and health care, is committed to the improvement of the quality of life of people doing that to live more and better.

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African women, sick from malaria. International womens day.

African women, sick from malaria. International womens day.

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African women, sick of malaria (international women’s day).

In the international women’s day, bear in mind the situation of women in other regions, especially in which are very heavily shaken by economic poverty. And the case of malaria can be very enlightening.

Spain, March 2010.- the female mosquito Anopheles gives same, same thing bites to men than to women, but malaria affects more and differently to women than to men why? So far there is little research that depart from the approach of gender with regard to the impact of malaria. However, a project carried out by Roll back Mallaria (of the World Health Organization), Kvinnoforum Foundation (Swedish Civil society organization), Fammes Africa Solidarité and Multinational Initiative Malaria, shed light on the question that heads this article.

Exposure to the malaria is different in men and women. Men working in forests, fisheries, mining and cattle run a higher risk, if your working hours coincide with the hours that the bite of mosquitoes is higher, at dusk or dawn.

The responsibilities of women, such as the preparation of the dinner at the last minute of the evening, or food before leaving the Sun, in the exterior of the House, can expose them to greater risk than men for malaria infection.

regarding the use of preventive measures, in Kenya, studied because it failed the distribution of mosquito nets impregnated with insecticide. Among the poorest people, those who had a net put in the bed of the couple, excluding other members it but in pregnancy, women left the bed of the couple to go to sleep with children on the ground. If a single net is available in a house he always awarded to the place where the man, who is considered the economic breadwinner of the family sleeps.

Pregnant women have a rate four times higher than other adults malaria infection. A poor woman pregnancy increases the risk of disease, severe anaemia and death. In the case of pregnant teenagers risk increases for social reasons, because in many parts of Africa they suffer from social rejection and have few resources for access to prenatal care.

Health services are less used by the women of what necesitarian. Research in Ghana has shown that women who have no income, or who disagreed with her husband or his family elders, had many difficulties to access health centres.

Mothers are the first to disgnostican and associated with mild cases of malaria to mosquito bites, while severe seizures (high fever) are considered as a result of supernatural causes. Attending traditional caregivers.

Mother consulted several sources of healing, starting with the traditional healers and following by modern care, alternating both. Oddly in some cases, when poverty is declining, the use of women health centers decreases. Populations without irrigation women have more income, as a result, if the traditional treatment fails, come soon to the local market to buy antimalarials, if the disease persists, call upon the head of the family to carry the child to the Medical Center. In populations with irrigation, women have less income at his disposal, this after a failed attempt of traditional healing, they call directly for her husband bring the child to the health center.

In certain cases, males less than women use health services, in similar circumstances. This behavior relate to masculine social norms that determine that men should be strong and overcome the disease by themselves, or well give less importance to health, or do not feel comfortable asking for help. When a man falls ill, women must also assume the role of the man, looking for the sustenance of the family. When a patient of the family should be taken to the health centre, other women in the community, often reinforce home to care for healthy members.

In many cultures women are perceived as unfair in sexual matters if they consult with a health worker.

The cultural level of the women, who have been discriminated against since girls in access to school, also has negative consequences. Many women have difficulty to understand the importance of the dignã³stico and early treatment of malaria, or does not have a habit of expressing their health needs.

As asserted by the DRA. Awa Marie Coll-Seek of Roll back Malaria: women are the first line to care for those suffering from malaria. However, in most endemic countries, these same women have little access to information, its power of decision is laughable and have few financial resources, these are all things necessary for implementing the prevention and cure of the community.

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The Health Department, Torrevieja prepares to meet the summer emergency

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the Department of health of Torrevieja is prepared to meet the summer emergency

– both the Torrevieja Hospital and health centres that are members of the Department are at full capacity to assume the increase in urgent cases of the era summer.

– last year health centres resolved more than 90 per cent of the Emergency Department of Torrevieja

-health professionals insist on using “ responsible for” of hospital emergencies and recommend that users go, except for serious cases, the points of urgencies of the health centres in the Department.

Torrevieja, 2011-July The Health Department, Torrevieja, managed by Bank health and Asisa and integrated in the public network of the Generalitat Valenciana, is prepared to assume the increase in emergencies that are planned during the summer.

Each summer the Department of health Torrevieja adapts to these dates to assume the increase in urgent cases often take place to coincide with the tourism upturn in the coastal municipalities, time now to double the population without affected waiting times, quality and efficiency in health care.

In this regard, both the Hospital and health centres that are members of the Department have already been reinforced in order to enhance the services and to solve the health demand due to the increase in users displaced from other municipalities and communities.

Points of continuing care in primary care (PAC), have an important role in the care of the urgent diseases mild and moderate in the Department of health Torrevieja. Proof of this are the data collected in the past year, in which health centres resolved more than 90% of the total emergency in the area. This is, ultimately, enhance the doors of emergency points of continuing care in conjunction with the hospital emergency room and patients perceive the disproportionate population increase of the time. As novelty this year, in daytime will be running the PACS of La Mata and El Acequión.

It should be recalled that the last summer season (June, July, August and September), only in the Hospital in Torrevieja, was recorded a daily average of 226 emergency and more than 27.600 urgent consultations.

The Manager of the Department of health of Torrevieja, Frank Leyn, has assured that “ the goal for the summer season is the maintenance of the satisfaction levels of our patients seeking urgent assistance to be nimble and effective; ensuring that the user not perceived the increase of population ”.

For this reason, are functioning 6 points of call 24 hours. (Cap), equipped with mild and moderate emergency care, allowing lead only the most serious cases to the Hospital in Torrevieja.

SMS with the word “ er ” to the 25013

Florence computer system used in the Department of health of Torrevieja allows you to unify the various points of emergency and inform about actual waiting times at every moment. It should be recalled that any user can, by sending an SMS with the shovel “ er ” to the 25013 know waiting times to be served in any of the CAP and hospital emergency room, thus avoiding unnecessary delays.

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Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips

Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips