Many of the flows described in this study can affect grandscale geopolitical events. Cocaine trafficking has fed instability in Guinea-Bissau; firearms trafficking has fueled a rebellion in northern Mali; maritime piracy threatens to undermine commerce in the Gulf of Guinea. These flows demonstrate that transnational organized crime has truly risen to the level of a security threat in West Africa.

Detailed safety review of the intestinal anthelminthics (pyrantel and niclosamide) and antischistosomal and antitrematodes (oxamniquine and triclabendazole) was conducted using publications in journals and major reference sources combined with the assessment of adverse drug reaction (ADR) reports in the database of the WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring in Sweden. Data f...

BACKGROUND India, the largest democracy in the world, is with a federal structure of 29 states and 7 union territories. With a population of more than 1.2 billion, resource is always a constraint and so is in the health system too. In the federal structure, providing healthcare is largely the responsibility of state governments. Medicines are important component of health care delivery system a...

Background: Upper respiratory tract infections are the most common and frequently occurring in pediatric population. These include conditions like cold, laryngitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, acute rhinitis, rhinosinusitis otitis media. Young children have an average of 6-8 colds per year, however 10 -15% at least 12 year. This study concentrates on prescription pattern Respiratory Tract Infecti...