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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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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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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 »

March 24, 2011
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North Korea: FAO says urgent vaccine and equipment needed to contain Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Around a million dollars of equipment and vaccines are urgently required to help stem outbreaks of deadly Foot-and-Mouth disease in North Korea, followed by a more prolonged and concerted effort to modernize veterinary services in the country, according to a joint FAO and OIE mission sent to North Korea.

March 24, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agriculture, and Public Health
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Newly discovered virus implicated in deadly Chinese outbreaks

GALVESTON, Texas — Five years ago, large numbers of farmers in central China began falling victim to an mysterious disease marked by high fever, gastrointestinal disorder and an appalling mortality rate — as high as 30 percent in initial reports. Investigators from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention hurried to the scene of Read More »