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“Access to medicines and vaccines to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is unacceptably low worldwide. In the 2011 UN political declaration on the prevention and control of NCDs, heads of government

made several commitments related to access to essential medicines, technologies, and vaccines for such diseases. 30 years of experience with policies for essential medicines and 10 years of scaling up of HIV treatment have provided the knowledge needed to address barriers to long-term effective treatment and prevention of NCDs. More medicines can be acquired within existing budgets with efficient selection, procurement, and use of generic this website medicines. Furthermore, low-income and middle-income countries need to increase mobilisation of domestic resources to cater for the many patients with NCDs who do not have access to treatment.

Existing initiatives for HIV treatment off er useful lessons that can enhance access to pharmaceutical management of NCDs and improve adherence to long-term treatment of chronic illness; policy makers should also address unacceptable inequities in access to controlled opioid analgesics. In addition to off-patent medicines, governments can promote access to new and future on-patent medicinal products through coherent and equitable health and trade policies, particularly those for intellectual property. Frequent conflicts of interest need to be identified and managed, and indicators and targets for access to NCD medicines should be used to monitor progress. Only

with these approaches can a difference be made to the lives of hundreds of millions of current and future patients with NCDs.”
“The proinflammatory leukotriene B-4 (LTB4) may be of importance in the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). We investigated whether n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) decrease LTB4 and increase the formation of the less inflammatory leukotriene B-5 (LTB5) in patients with CKD.

Fifty-six patients with CKD stage 2-5 were randomised to 2.4 g n-3 PUFA or olive oil for 8 weeks. Compared to controls, n-3 PUFA significantly decreased release of LTB4 (p < 0.001) Phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase and 5-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (5-HETE) (p < 0.01) and significantly increased release of LTB5 (p < 0.001) and 5-hydroxyeicosapentaenoic acid (5-HEPE) (p < 0.001) from stimulated neutrophil granulocytes. Kidney function evaluated by creatinine clearance and proteinuria did not improve. In conclusion, n-3 PUFA supplementation for 8 weeks in patients with CKD stage 2-5 significantly decreased LTB4 and 5-HETE and significantly increased LTB5 and 5-HEPE. No effect was seen on kidney function. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.