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U.S. Army Supplies Upgraded WMD Protection Suits to Forces in South Korea

(Global Security Newswire) The U.S. Army on Monday said it has provided a South Korea-based unit with new chemical- and biological-weapon protection suits incorporating updated technology. The Army’s 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade was selected to receive the new Joint Protective Aircrew Ensemble system in October “from a priority list … that considers the magnitude of Read More »

December 21, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Countermeasures, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Biological Weapons Under Review at the BTWC

(Stimson News) The Seventh Review Conference of the Biological and Toxins Weapons Convention (BTWC) is currently underway in Geneva, Switzerland, through December 22. At this meeting, countries are discussing a range of issues concerning the BTWC, which is one of two treaties that govern efforts by the international community to prevent an attack with a Read More »

December 20, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Agents & Toxins, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Historic ‘Grand Challenge’ launched: Create low-cost devices for rapid disease diagnosis

(McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health) Grand Challenges Canada and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have teamed up on an unprecedented global effort to discover and develop affordable, easy-to-use tools to help developing country health workers rapidly diagnose diseases in rural communities. The expected result: more timely and appropriate treatment of illnesses in poor countries, Read More »

December 19, 2011
| Filed under Africa, North America, South America, South Asia, International, Public Health, and Research
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Emory and US CDC partner to continue building global public health network with $6 million grant

(Emory University) Emory University’s Global Health Institute has received a three-year, $6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to further develop a model for strengthening national public health institutes (NPHIs) globally. The grant will build upon a previous foundation grant to the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI), which since Read More »

December 19, 2011
| Filed under North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Africa and the Convention Banning Biological and Toxin Weapons

(AllAfrica.com) Africa is also the region where more could, and should, be done with regard to improving scientific research and diagnostic facilities and where biosafety measures remain insufficient and under-resourced. The establishment, as announced by South Africa during the 2009 Meeting of States Parties to the BTWC, of the Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Read More »