{"id":15327,"date":"2013-07-25T08:48:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T08:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.co.za\/?p=15327"},"modified":"2013-07-25T08:48:53","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T08:48:53","slug":"suid-afrikaners-goedkoop-proefkonyne-vir-farmaseutiese-bedryf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.co.za\/?p=15327","title":{"rendered":"Suid-Afrikaners goedkoop proefkonyne vir farmaseutiese bedryf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"Some international pharmaceuticals companies are using South Africa as a testing ground for their drugs because it is easier here than in the developed world to run unethical medical trials and recruit participants for them.\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pille.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15328\" alt=\"pille\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pille.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pille.jpg 225w, https:\/\/praag.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pille-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Sommige internasionale farmaseutiese maatskappye gebruik Suid-Afrika as &#8216;n toetsterrein vir hul produkte omdat dit makliker is as in die ontwikkelde w\u00eareld om onetiese mediese toetse uit te voer en deelnemers te werf.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"The allegation has been made by Dutch NGO Wemos in a report, Clinical Trials Industry in South Africa: Ethics, Rules and Realities.\">Die bewering word gemaak deur die Nederlandse NGO Wemos in &#8216;n verslag getiteld : Kliniese proewe in Suid-Afrika: Etiek, Re\u00ebls en Realiteite.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Wemos says that some pharmaceuticals companies undertake &quot;unethical&quot; trials here because it is cheaper and easier.\">Wemos s\u00ea dat sommige farmaseutiese maatskappye &#8220;oneties&#8221; proewe hier onderneem, want dit is goedkoper en makliker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Thousands of sick South Africans are used as guinea pigs in a flourishing multibillion-rand industry but some of the trials contravene South African laws and the international drugs-trial protocol.\">Duisende siek Suid-Afrikaners word gebruik as proefkonyne in &#8216;n bloeiende multimiljardrand-bedryf, maar &#8216;n paar van die proefnemings oortree Suid-Afrikaanse wette en die internasionale medisyne protokol.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"In one instance, children as young as six were taken off life-saving medication so that they could participate as a control group in a clinical trial.\">In een geval is, is kinders van so jonk as ses medikasie ingejaag sodat hulle kan deelneem as &#8216;n kontrolegroep in &#8216;n kliniese proefneming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Experts say that the problem is being compounded by the fact that, because of the chaotic state of this country's public health system, people are willing to volunteer for trials just to gain access to medicine and treatment.\">Kenners s\u00ea die probleem word vererger deur die feit dat, as gevolg van die chaotiese toestand van die land se openbare gesondheidstelsel, mense bereid is om te vrywilligers te wees net om toegang tot medisyne en behandeling te verkry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"About 1300 clinical trials are under way in South Africa in an industry worth about R2.5-billion, according to the report.\">Ongeveer 1300 kliniese toetse is tans aan die gang in Suid-Afrika in &#8216;n bedryf ter waarde van sowat R2.5 miljard, volgens die verslag. <\/span><span title=\"It says many of the trials are not properly monitored because university ethics committees, which supervise studies, do not have the money to audit all the trial sites.\">Baie van die proewe word nie behoorlik gemonitor nie omdat die universiteite se etiese komitees wat toesig hou oor studies, nie die geld het om al die studies te oudit nie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"&quot;Ten years ago, we [South Africa] were considered one of the cheapest and easiest countries to do clinical trials in,&quot; said Urmilla Bridgmohun, of Inc Research, a company that monitors trials.\">&#8220;Tien jaar gelede het ons [Suid-Afrika] beskou as een van die goedkoopste en maklikste lande om kliniese toetse in te doen,&#8221; s\u00ea Urmilla Bridgmohun, van Inc Research, &#8216;n maatskappy wat monitering doen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Contract research organisations that monitor trials are funded by pharmaceuticals companies, leading to a lack of independence;\">Kontraknavorsing wat deur farmaseutiese maatskappye befonds word, lei tot &#8216;n gebrek aan onafhanklikheid en n<\/span><span title=\"Only two of the 15 research organisations in South Africa agreed to be interviewed by the writer of the Dutch report:\">et twee van die 15 navorsingsorganisasies in Suid-Afrika het ingestem om &#8216;n onderhoud met die skrywer van die Nederlandse verslag te voer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"&quot;Given the secretive nature of many [monitoring bodies] it can be difficult to get the full picture of their operations in South Africa&quot;;\">&#8220;Gegewe die geheimsinnige aard van baie [moniteringsliggame] kan dit moeilik wees om die volle prentjie van hul bedrywighede in Suid-Afrika te kry,&#8221; s\u00ea die opstellers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"In some cases, participants who are given effective treatment lose it when the trial ends, which doctors and ethics experts say is unethical and illegal in South Africa; and\">In sommige gevalle, het deelnemers effektiewe behandeling verloor toe die proefneming eindig, wat dokters en etiekkenners s\u00ea is oneties en onwettig in Suid-Afrika. &#8211; timeslive.co.za<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sommige internasionale farmaseutiese maatskappye gebruik Suid-Afrika as &#8216;n toetsterrein vir hul produkte omdat dit makliker is as in die ontwikkelde w\u00eareld om onetiese mediese toetse uit te voer en deelnemers te werf. Die bewering word gemaak deur die Nederlandse NGO Wemos in &#8216;n verslag getiteld : Kliniese proewe in Suid-Afrika: Etiek, Re\u00ebls en Realiteite. 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