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• 10th Meeting of Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers Responsible for Seniors in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

  - 2007-11-30

  SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN, Nov 30, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Federal, Provincial and Territorial (F/P/T) Ministers Responsible for Seniors met for a day and a half to discuss issues affecting the overall well-being of Canada's seniors, including elder abuse, social isolation and healthy aging. Ministers also endorsed...

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• Public Health Agency of Canada: Canada's Minister of Health Internationally Recognized for his Leadership Role in Seniors' Health Issues.

  - 2007-10-01

  LONDON, ENGLAND, Oct 1, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Today, on the International Day of Older Persons, Canadian Health Minister Tony Clement received an international award from Help the Aged UK, distinguishing him as a leader in seniors' health issues. The Honourable Mike O'Brien, Minister of...

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• To Meet 2010 Universal AIDS Treatment Access Goal International Treatment Preparedness Coalition Demands Six Actions by the End of 2007

  - 2007-04-17

  To: FOREIGN EDITORSContact: Kay Marshall, +1-347-249-6375, kaymarshall@mac.com, or Gregg Gonsalves, +27-78-456-3848, gregg.gonsalves@gmail.com, both for the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition CAPE TOWN, South Africa and NEW YORK, April 17 /PRNewswire- USNewswire/ -- The new AIDS treatment access numbers released by the World Health Organization WHO today are a grave warning about...

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• AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition Calls for Strategic Leadership and Urgency in the Implementation of Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention.

  - 2007-03-28

  NEW YORK, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitchell Warren, Executive Director of the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition AVAC today issued the following statement regarding the new recommendations from the World Health Organization WHO and UNAIDS on male circumcision as an HIV prevention strategy. ...

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• SUWN Applauds World Health Organization Findings on Stevia: Evidence Shows Stevia Effects Patients with Hypertension and Type II Diabetes.

  - 2006-12-20

  M2 PRESSWIRE-20 December 2006-Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc.: SUWN Applauds World Health Organization Findings on Stevia: Evidence Shows Stevia Effects Patients with Hypertension and Type II DiabetesC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20122006 Fort Lauderdale, FL - Sunwin Stevia International Coporation, a wholly...

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• A Global Family: The Paradigm Shift That Will Enable Us To Achieve The MDGs Rapidly and Effectively

  - 2006-07-01

  This brief report reviews the need for a new mindset, that of "a global family," in order to achieve the MDGs in a more rapid way than we have thus far. The article warns for some important issues to be considered in formulating the indicators toward achieving the MDGs, reviews...

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• Kyodo news summary

  - 2005-01-10

  TOKYO, Jan. 2 Kyodo ---------- World leaders, int'l organizations to hold emergency tsunami meeting SINGAPORE - World leaders and officials from international organizations will gather for an emergency meeting in Jakarta on Thursday to discuss the earthquake and tsunami disaster in southern Asia that is...

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• World Health Organization's Africa office opens session to pick new chief

  - 2004-08-30

  BRAZZAVILLE AFP ? The World Health Organisation's WHO Africa Office, which has been accused of inefficiency and management lapses, opened its 54th session here with the election of a new head topping the agenda. "The time has come to pass the torch to someone else," said WHO/AFRO's head Ebrahim...

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• Sault Ste. Marie Becomes a W.H.O. Designated Safe Community.

  - 2003-05-08

  TORONTO, ONTARIO, May 8, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX Sault Ste. Marie will become Canada's fifth community to receive a World Health Organization Safe Community designation and join the international Safe Community network during a presentation ceremony on May 8. The ceremony is scheduled for...

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• Australia to infect animals with SARS in crucial tests.

  - 2003-04-24

  Apr 23, 2003 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) Scientists at the Australian Animal Health Laboratory of the CSIRO plan to import the severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS virus for experimentation on animals. The research team will collaborate with Canadian scientists to...

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