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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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Northrop Grumman Europe debuts CBRN monitor system

LONDON, March 28 (UPI) — A man-portable system for monitoring chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents has been launched by Northrop Grumman’s British subsidiary. Called the Integrated Tactical Rapid Assessment of CBRN Environments — I-TRACE — the system facilitates decision support and enhances situational awareness and information sharing among emergency response organizations.

March 29, 2011
| Filed under Europe, North America, Biotechnology, and Countermeasures
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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
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, International, and Public Health
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U.S. funds biological research facility in Georgia

A United States funded $100 million biological research facility is designed to promote animal and public health through epidemiological surveillance and disease detection has opened in Tbilisi, the largest city and capital of Georgia.

March 23, 2011
| Filed under Europe, International, and Research
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Mobile Laboratory Ready to Roll into Province’s Rural Regions – Western Cape

Extended negotiations between the Western Cape Department of Health, University of Stellenbosch, National Health Laboratory Service and the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT), Germany, has borne fruit with the official handover ceremony of the Province’s new mobile diagnostic laboratory with bio safety level (BSL-3). Premier Helen Zille, officially received the mobile unit this morning Read More »