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World Health Day 2011

7 April 2011 — Combat drug resistance: no action today means no cure tomorrow. “On this World Health Day, WHO is issuing a policy package to get everyone, especially governments and their drug regulatory systems, on the right track, with the right measures, quickly… Drug resistance costs vast amounts of money, and affects vast numbers Read More »

April 7, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, International, and Public Health
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China supports efforts to strengthen the effectiveness of the BWC

China supports multilateral efforts to strengthen the effectiveness of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and is committed to the comprehensive and strict implementation of the Convention. China has already established a comprehensive legislation system for the implementation of the Convention and set up a national point of contact. China submits annual declarations of its confidence-building Read More »

March 31, 2011
| Filed under Biological Weapons and International
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Uzbekistan Opens US-Funded Biodefense Labs – Global Security Newswire

Uzbekistan on Friday brought online two U.S.-funded biodefense facilities that are expected to boost the Central Asian region’s ability track disease outbreaks, the Central Asia Newswire reported. Located in the cities of Andijan and Ferghana in the Ferghana Valley, the laboratories are to support diagnostic efforts in Uzbekistan and the wider region, UzDaily.com reported on Read More »

March 28, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, International, and Public Health
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Massive International Effort To Stop Polio Epidemic Across West Africa

Health experts today confirmed that a devastating polio epidemic in west African countries is on the verge of being stopped – but warned that complacency could breathe new life into the outbreak. Since mid-2009, polio has re-infected eleven countries across west Africa, claiming many lives and leaving hundreds of children paralyzed for life…

March 28, 2011
| Filed under Africa, International, and Public Health
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World TB Day — March 24, 2011

World TB Day is observed each year on March 24 to commemorate the date in 1882 when Robert Koch announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB). Worldwide, TB remains one of the leading causes of death from infectious disease. World TB Day provides an opportunity for TB programs, nongovernmental organizations, Read More »