Traduction de «médicament de deuxième intention » (Français → Anglais) :

X. Whereas over the last years a fierce generic competition regarding the first line Antiretroviral Drugs (ARVs) has contributed to a price reduction of almost 99%, from $10,000 to approximately $130 per patient per year, but the prices for the second line drugs, which patients need, as resistance develops naturally, remain high, mostly due to increased patent barriers in the key countries producing generic medicines,

(Return tabled) Question No. 864 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to mental health and suicide in the Canadian Forces (CF), including regular forces, reservists and veterans, as well as among Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) veterans: (a) what does history and research show from the First World War (WWI) and the Second World War (WWII), regarding the percentage of Canadian veterans who suffered some degree of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and how it might have impacted their ability to (i) hold down jobs, (ii) maintain relationships, (iii) overcome substance abuse, (iv) maintain their will to live; (b) how are suicides tracke ...[+++]d for CF regular forces, reservists and veterans, including RCMP veterans, (i) has the tracking method changed over time (from 2000 onwards) for any of these groups, including name changes (e.g., suicide versus sudden death) and, if so, how, why and when, (ii) how are suicides tracked among veterans who may not be known to Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) and who may be under other types of care (e.g., in hospitals) or in homeless shelters, prisons, etc.; (c) what are the identified gaps in tracking for each of the identified groups and, for each gap, what action items (i) are planned (including predicted start and completion dates, and necessary funding), (ii) are being implemented (including predicted completion date and necessary funding), (iii) have been completed to address the problem; (d) how are suicides investigated for each identified group today and, for each group, for the years 1990 to the present (or years available), (i) what percentage of victims were known to either the Department of National Defense (DND) or VAC prior to the suicide, or to the medical, social-aid or prison system, (ii) what percentage had attempted suicide before, (iii) what percentage suffered from an identified Operational Stress Injury (OSI), including PTSD, anxiety, depression or substance abuse, (iv) what percentage suffered from acquired brain ...

D. whereas HIV/AIDS cases continue to grow globally, with women and children particularly affected, and with more new infections in 2004 than in any previous year; and whereas antiretroviral (ARV) prices are an “increasingly serious public health hazard” with second-line medicines up to twelve times more expensive than the most affordable first-line generics,

D. whereas HIV/AIDS cases continue to grow globally, with women and children particularly affected, and with more new infections in 2004 than in any previous year; and whereas antiretroviral (ARV) prices are an "increasingly serious public health hazard" with second-line medicines up to twelve times more expensive than the most affordable first-line generics,

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