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    By alternativeafrica
    December 27, 2020
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    Deploying covid vaccines without clinical trials is risky-Nigerian Scientists warn govt

    London, Dec.27, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Some Nigerian scientists have kicked against planned roll-out of covid-19 vaccination in Nigeria saying that immunising Nigerians with COVID-19 vaccine when clinical trials have not been done in the country is very risky and should be reconsidered. They also expressed worries over its likely long-term impacts. READ ALSO: NIGERIAN AIR FORCE TREATS ...
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    By alternativeafrica
    September 21, 2020
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    166 Covid-19 related clinical trials taking place in Africa

    London, Sep. 21, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Africa hosts the second largest covid-19 related clinical trials in the world after the United States. Data from the website www.clinicaltrials.org shows that there are 166 Covid-19 trials taking place in Africa, as compared to 710 in the United States alone, and 107 in Canada. South America has 162, China 60 and India ...
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  • AfricaHealthNews Now
    By alternativeafrica
    September 20, 2020
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    WHO approves guidelines for clinical trials of COVID-19 herbal medicine in Africa

    London, Sep. 20, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Africa will soon begin phase three clinical trials for herbal medicine for the treatment of covid-19 This is made possible after the Regional Expert Committee on Traditional Medicine for COVID-19 formed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and the African Union Commission for ...
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    By alternativeafrica
    June 1, 2020
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    UK hospitals to trial five new drugs in search for covid-19 treatment

    London, June 1, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Five new drugs are to be trialled in 30 hospitals across the country in the race to find a treatment for Covid-19, it has emerged. Just days after global trials of hydroxychloroquine, the drug promoted by Donald Trump as a cure, were halted, British scientists are looking to sign up hundreds of ...
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    By alternativeafrica
    May 24, 2020
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    South Africa tests umhlonyane plant for possible use in Covid-19 fight

    London, May 24, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The status of  African wormwood or  umhlonyane, in traditional medicine is set to increase after the KwaZulu-Natal government in South Africa asked a laboratory to test if can actually be used to cure Covid-19.  The herb, whose potential to cure the virus was first touted by Madagascar, was among a number of indigenous ...
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  • AfricaHealthNews Now
    By alternativeafrica
    May 23, 2020
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    African scientists launch crowdfunding for separate clinical trials on herbal treatment for coronavirus

    London, May 23, 2020 (AltAfrica)-African researchers are crowdfunding -raising public funds to carry out their own clinical trials on the artemisia plant to investigate its potential for treatment of Covid-19. A herbal tea based on artemisia extract has recently been touted by Madagascar’s government as a treatment for the coronavirus. However, no comprehensive clinical trials ...
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  • AfricaHealthNews Now
    By alternativeafrica
    May 13, 2020
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    WHO to conduct clinical trials on African herbal medicines for coronavirus treatment

    London, May 13, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A meeting of 70 experts on African traditional medicine has agreed with the World Health Organisation, WHO that clinical trials for all African herbal medicines must be carried out and included in the potential drugs/vaccine for the treatment of covid-19 The virtual meeting with WHO Africa centred on the role of ...
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  • AfricaHealthNews Now
    By alternativeafrica
    May 6, 2020
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    Kenyan scientists to begin clinical trials for three potential Covid-19 drugs

    London, May 6, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Kenyan scientists have announced their readiness to commence clinical trials for three drugs that can potentially treat persons infected with coronavirus, Kenyan Daily Nation newspaper reports. The scientists say they are seeking approvals for the trials to determine if Remdesivir, an antiretroviral drug together with anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, and Lopinavir/ritonavir, also used ...
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  • HealthNews NowWorld
    By alternativeafrica
    April 30, 2020
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    After major trial, Ebola drug, remdesivir shows ‘clear-cut’ effect in treating coronavirus

    London, April 30, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Remdesivir is widely considered to be a front-runner among the investigational therapies being tested as treatments for COVID-19. Now, a major trial has revealed that patients on the antiviral remdesivir recovered more than 30 percent faster than those on a placebo. A top US scientist hailed the drug’s “clear-cut” benefit. It ...
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  • AfricaHealthNews Now
    By alternativeafrica
    April 26, 2020
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    South Africa begins clinical trial for TB vaccine for coronavirus treatment

    London, April 26, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A “suit of armour” against Covid-19 is the aim of a groundbreaking South African clinical trial that will vaccinate its first participant at Tygerberg Hospital early next week. If successful the experiment, using a cheap 100-year-old TB vaccine, will transform a small band of unknown Cape Town researchers into superheroes. Conducted ...
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