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Global State of Hunger

Global State of Hunger News & Analysis Global Health Recruiting Health Care Personnel to pyrimethamine is contraindicated in women Rural Areas in Developing Countries who are HIV-positive because it interacts Thehealthcareworkershortageinmanylow- negatively with the HIV drug cotrimoxazole. and middle-income countries could be over- Mefloquinehasbeenproposedasanalterna- come by recruiting medical and nursing stu- tive candidate for IPTp. dentswhohaveresidedinruralareasinthese The first trial compared the currently rec- countries,accordingtodatareportedbyanin- ommendedIPTpregimenwith2differentfor- ternational group of investigators (Silvestri D mulationsofmefloquinein4749HIV-negative etal.BullWorldHealthOrgan.2014;92[9]:1-18). pregnantwomen(GonzalezRetal.PLoSMed. The researchers surveyed 3199 first- and 2014;11[9]:e1001733). The second trial com- final-year nursing and medical students at 16 pared3dosesofmefloquinewithaplaceboin premier government-run medical and nurs- 1017 HIV-positive pregnant women who also ing schools in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, receivedcotrimoxazole(GonzalezRetal.PLoS Nepal, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, and Malawi Med.2014;11[9]:e1001735).Bothtrialsfound between September 2011 and April 2012 to thatmefloquinecanreducemalariainfections identify factors that could predict a stu- and improve overall health but also showed More than 800 million people worldwide, most of dent’s intention to migrate. lower tolerability for mefloquine than for whom live in developing countries, are chronically Agreaternumberofstudentsintendedto sulphadoxine-pyrimethamineandalackofob- undernourished. workabroadorincitieswithin5yearsofgradu- vious benefit for fetal health. ation than to stay in country or work in a rural Global State of Hunger area, with nursing students being more likely Despite decreasing numbers of hungry Preventing Abuse, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

Global State of Hunger

JAMA , Volume 312 (19) – Nov 19, 2014

Global State of Hunger

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News & Analysis Global Health Recruiting Health Care Personnel to pyrimethamine is contraindicated in women Rural Areas in Developing Countries who are HIV-positive because it interacts Thehealthcareworkershortageinmanylow- negatively with the HIV drug cotrimoxazole. and middle-income countries could be over- Mefloquinehasbeenproposedasanalterna- come by recruiting medical and nursing stu- tive candidate for IPTp. dentswhohaveresidedinruralareasinthese The first trial compared the...
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American Medical Association
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Copyright 2014 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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0098-7484
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1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.2014.14593
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Abstract

News & Analysis Global Health Recruiting Health Care Personnel to pyrimethamine is contraindicated in women Rural Areas in Developing Countries who are HIV-positive because it interacts Thehealthcareworkershortageinmanylow- negatively with the HIV drug cotrimoxazole. and middle-income countries could be over- Mefloquinehasbeenproposedasanalterna- come by recruiting medical and nursing stu- tive candidate for IPTp. dentswhohaveresidedinruralareasinthese The first trial compared the currently rec- countries,accordingtodatareportedbyanin- ommendedIPTpregimenwith2differentfor- ternational group of investigators (Silvestri D mulationsofmefloquinein4749HIV-negative etal.BullWorldHealthOrgan.2014;92[9]:1-18). pregnantwomen(GonzalezRetal.PLoSMed. The researchers surveyed 3199 first- and 2014;11[9]:e1001733). The second trial com- final-year nursing and medical students at 16 pared3dosesofmefloquinewithaplaceboin premier government-run medical and nurs- 1017 HIV-positive pregnant women who also ing schools in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, receivedcotrimoxazole(GonzalezRetal.PLoS Nepal, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, and Malawi Med.2014;11[9]:e1001735).Bothtrialsfound between September 2011 and April 2012 to thatmefloquinecanreducemalariainfections identify factors that could predict a stu- and improve overall health but also showed More than 800 million people worldwide, most of dent’s intention to migrate. lower tolerability for mefloquine than for whom live in developing countries, are chronically Agreaternumberofstudentsintendedto sulphadoxine-pyrimethamineandalackofob- undernourished. workabroadorincitieswithin5yearsofgradu- vious benefit for fetal health. ation than to stay in country or work in a rural Global State of Hunger area, with nursing students being more likely Despite decreasing numbers of hungry Preventing Abuse,

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JAMAAmerican Medical Association

Published: Nov 19, 2014

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