First survey reveals Gaza’s critical medicine shortage | LSHTM

Armed conflicts present complex, multidimensional challenges that severely compromise both access to and the quality of healthcare, including the adequate prescription of essential medicines. This stu...

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are common noncommunicable diseases, exacerbated in conflict settings by the heightened environmental exposure to triggers, weakened health s...

Migration and forced displacement are once again dominating political debates in the United States and Europe with widespread implications for the protection of forcibly displaced populations. 1 In 20...

In 2024, the WHO’s Division on Access to Medicines and Health Products issued a call to action for sustainability in the pharmaceutical sector. The initiative, ‘Greener Pharmaceuticals’ Regulatory Hig...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would remove all sanctions against Syria, saying they had served an important function, but it was now time for Syria to move forward.

Immigrants shunned by clinics resort to buying unregulated medicines from illegal vendors

Historically, limited access to medicines was viewed as a problem primarily affecting healthcare systems in the Global South.  However, in recent years this issue has also emerged in the Global North,...

Researchers at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Antwerp have called for a review of sanctions against Syria because of their impact on...

Register to join the PharmaChron dissemination event (19/02/2025) on access to essential medicines in conflict-affected regions of northern syria

U.S. and E.U. sanctions aimed at punishing the former Assad regime have made it more difficult for Syrian hospitals to maintain equipment and provide care.

The Russian military invasion of Ukraine has sparked Europe's largest forced displacement since World War II, bringing about significant health vulner…

Dec 8, 2024, marked the end of the five-decade long regime of Bashir al-Assad and the Assad family in Syria, characterised by systemic repression, human rights abuses, and crimes against humanity.1 After the protests of 2011, Assad's response involved indiscriminate bombings, targeting of health-care facilities and health-care workers, and the use of internationally prohibited chemical weapons, triggering one of the worst humanitarian crises since World War 2.1

Dec 8, 2024, marked the end of the five-decade long regime of Bashir al-Assad and the Assad family in Syria, characterised by systemic repression, human rights abuses, and crimes against humanity.1 After the protests of 2011, Assad's response involved indiscriminate bombings, targeting of health-care facilities and health-care workers, and the use of internationally prohibited chemical weapons, triggering one of the worst humanitarian crises since World War 2.1