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Biological Weapons Convention Conference Issues Final Document

(Global Security Newswire) The seventh review conference for the Biological Weapons Convention ended on Thursday with a call for all member states to demonstrate their adherence to the accord’s rules, the United Nations announced. Participating states agreed to a revised reporting document that nations would submit annually as a means of promoting confidence that their Read More »

December 26, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, 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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CSC to more cattle from Botswana

(Bulawayo24) The country clinched the first phase of the deal in July this year, a development that saw CSC slaughtering more than 25 000 cattle from the foot-and-mouth infested Zone VI in Botswana, which is along the border with Zimbabwe to curb the spread of the …

December 15, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Agriculture, and Countermeasures
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OFAB holds forum on Biosafety Policies in Ghana

(Vibe Ghana) Dr George Owusu Essegbey, Director of Science and Technology Policy Research Institute, has called for effective participation of policy makers, scientists and the public to achieve the importance of biosafety regime. He said Ghana needs to ensure …