by Beth | Dec 15, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A Berkeley scientist, an Albany biotechnology startup and a unique San Francisco nonprofit drug company will announce today they have received a $43 million grant to develop a cheaper version of a Chinese herbal drug that is considered the most effective cure for...
by Beth | Nov 15, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
New York Times: A Chinese herbal drug that is strikingly effective against malaria is in critically short supply because of rising demand, public health officials and pharmaceutical executives say. As a result, prices for the drug, artemisinin, have quadrupled, and...
by Beth | Sep 10, 2004 | Vincentian Family
As part of their Study Abroad experience a group of St. John’s University students visited Viet Nam. In their E-journals they share their experiences in a new culture including visits to a Nike factory and a firehouses in Hanoi and Saigon which one felt were...
by Beth | May 10, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
After years of hesitation, world health agencies are racing to acquire 100 million doses of a Chinese herbal drug that has proved strikingly effective against malaria, one of the leading killers of the poor.The drug, artemisinin (pronounced are-TEM-is-in-in), is a...
by Beth | Apr 28, 2004 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Marian Youth
The participants of the Asian Meeting of National Leaders of the Vincentian Marian Youth produced a document summarizing their convictions, challenges and commitments. They have also sent a more complete chronicle of the meeting. Both documents are available in Word...
