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Funding innovation in neglected diseases from BMJ
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Neglected diseases are those with insufficient markets to attract investment from the drug industry. They primarily affect populations living in low-income countries and include malaria, tuberculosis, and diarrhoeal diseases. Public and philanthropic funding is required to develop new health technologies to control these diseases. While funding from public-private partnerships helped to bring 37 new treatments for neglected diseases to market between 2000 and 2011, this represented just 4% of all new therapeutic products registered during this period. As neglected diseases cause about 11% of the global burden of disease, there is clearly a “persistent insufficiency” in research and development (R&D). 1 Except for a one-off injection of funding for Ebola and other African viral hemorrhagic fevers, funding for product development for neglected diseases has shown a downward trend since 2009. 2 How can this trend be reversed? Strategies to mobilize funding should engage...
LISTENING PART C PRACTICE
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LISTENING PART C We all know OET LISTENING need more practice, especially part C which should require more concentration because it is multiple choice and have some difficulty to find a correct answer. Here are some practice from another English listening tests. I think it will help you all to do well in your OET exam.
Methods of Melanoma Detection
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Melanoma significantly contributes to the burden of cancer in Australia, where it is the third most common cancer in adults and the most common cancer in young Australians (aged 15–39 years). 1 The incidence of melanoma in Australia has increased considerably over recent decades, with the age‐standardised incidence rate increasing by 181% between 1982 and 2016, from 26.8 per 100 000 annually to an estimated 48.7 cases per 100 000 annually (59.9 for males and 39.2 for females), respectively. 1 In 2017, an estimated 13 941 new cases of melanoma were diagnosed and an estimated 1839 people died of melanoma in Australia. 1 Based on estimates from New South Wales, melanoma costs the Australian health care system about $500 million per year. 2 Early detection of melanoma is critical, as thinner primary tumours are associated with enhanced survival. 3 Therefore, strategies to improve early detection are important to reduce melanoma‐rela...