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Tainted meat fears allayed

(Gulf Daily News) BAHRAIN has nothing to fear following a health scare involving infected meat imported from Djibouti. An investigation into the allegation has been ordered by His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa after reports surfaced that the cattle imported into the country was infected with foot-and-mouth disease and tuberculosis.  Read More »

Building a better Rift Valley fever vaccine

(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) University of Texas Medical Branch researchers have significantly improved an existing experimental vaccine for Rift Valley fever virus, making possible the development of a more effective defense against the dangerous mosquito-borne pathogen. The African virus causes fever in humans, inflicting liver damage, blindness, encephalitis and even death on  Read More »

President Khama Visits Namibia

(AllAfrica.com) Windhoek — President Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday said the planned relocation of De Beers Diamond Trading Company from London to Gaborone is a step in the right direction, since this will add more value in skills development and technology transfer to Southern Africa. Pohamba said this yesterday at the beginning of the three-day state visit  Read More »

UN food agency calls for collective action to combat foot-and-mouth disease

(UN News Centre) Collective action and solid commitments to a global strategy are necessary to control foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), the United Nations food agency stressed today. “Recent FMD outbreaks around the globe demonstrate that animal diseases have no boundaries, can have a devastating impact and require a global response,” the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)  Read More »

World Health Organization Perspective on Implementation of International Health Regulations

(Emerging Infectious Diseases) In 2005, the International Health Regulations were adopted at the 58th World Health Assembly; in June 2007, they were entered into force for most countries. In 2012, the world is approaching a major 5-year milestone in the global commitment to ensure national capacities to identify, investigate, assess, and respond to public health  Read More »

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