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Malawi Joins Biological Weapons Convention

(GlobalSecurityNewswire) Malawi has become a full member to the Biological Weapons Convention, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday. “Delighted that Malawi has formally acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention,” Laura Kennedy, the Obama administration’s special envoy for BWC issue.

April 10, 2013
| Filed under Africa and Policy & Initiatives
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DNDi welcomes the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT)

(EurekAlert) The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), based in Geneva, Switzerland, and DNDi Japan, based in Tokyo, welcome the launch of the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT), an initiative supported by the Japanese government, several Japanese pharmaceutical companies, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

April 9, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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National Sheep On-Farm Biosecurity Standard Released

(Marketwire) A new voluntary biosecurity standard was introduced today that will help sheep producers improve the health of their flocks and strengthen their on-farm biosecurity activities. “Producers can use the Standard to create a biosecurity plan that meets the specific needs of their operation,” said Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “Strengthening on-farm biosecurity protects animal health Read More »

March 29, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Biosafety, and Policy & Initiatives
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Guyana Joins Biological Weapons Convention

(GlobalSecurityNewswire) Guyana this week became the latest nation to ratify the Biological Weapons Convention. The United States “as a depositary state was delighted to receive instrument of ratification,” Laura Kennedy, the Obama administration’s special envoy for BWC issues, stated in a Twitter message on Tuesday.

March 28, 2013
| Filed under South America, Biological Weapons, and Policy & Initiatives
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Scientists say GM food closely scrutinised

(ThePress) Findings suggesting unsafe genetically modified foods are slipping into our diets because of “systematic neglect” by regulators have sparked strong reaction from scientists with a different view. New Zealand foods containing modified soybeans, such as margarines, chocolate and mayonnaises, contain the double- stranded RNA (dsRNA) material which the researchers say has not been properly Read More »