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By Category: Policy & Initiatives

Integrated action, community participation urged

(The News International) Later, CADD Secretary Imtiaz Inayat Elahi told participants that in light of high disease burden, seasonal epidemics, including dengue, swine flu, bird flu, diarrhoeal disorders and Congo hemorrhagic fever, were a cause of huge strain on health resources. He said the situation called for coordinated efforts to prevent, control and manage epidemics Read More »

March 21, 2012
| Filed under South Asia, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Egypt Ag minister blames Libya cows for spread of foot and mouth disease

(Bikya Masr) CAIRO: Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture Reda Ismael said on Monday that the reason behind the viral spread of Foot and Mouth disease in many districts across Egypt was the smuggling of foreign infected cows across the border from Libya, which have been …

March 21, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Middle East, Agriculture, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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HHS sponsors contest for Web app to identify local health trends

(HHS News) The person or team developing the best application will receive $21,000 from ASPR as well as a $1,000 travel stipend to attend an event announcing the winner. In addition, the winner will be invited to present the winning tool at a Fusion Forum, a discussion series sponsored by ASPR’s Fusion Cell for state Read More »

March 20, 2012
| Filed under North America, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Egypt: Cattle might fly

(Egyptian Gazette) It’s a pity that none of the presidential hopefuls hasn’t expressed an interest in tackling the foot-and-mouth problem. Hundreds of people, including Mubarak-era politicians and obscure citizens, are scrambling to compete for the country’s top job in …

March 20, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Middle East, Agriculture, and Policy & Initiatives
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$1 Billion Price Tag For NBAF

(KCUR.org) The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility will cost more than $1 billion when all is said and done, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed today during a conference in Washington, D.C. And that price tag is becoming a huge sticking point.