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• Type-2 Diabetes Competitive Intelligence Report Offered by Austin Research Group

  - 2008-06-18

  PLEASANTON, Calif. -- It is estimated that diabetes affects more than 18 million people in the United States and approximately 194 million adults worldwide. The World Health Organization projects that the number of people with diabetes will double to 366 million by 2030, presenting a lucrative commercial opportunity to drug...

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• Asia faces trillion dollar TB-fighting bill

  - 2007-12-15

  WASHINGTON AFP — Eleven Asian nations facing the biggest threat from tuberculosis risk being saddled with a whopping trillion dollar economic burden over the next 10 years if they do not beef up their anti-TB strategy, a landmark study shows. Led by China and India, the countries are already...

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• Measles Deaths in Africa Plunge by 91%

  - 2007-11-29

  To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Hayatee Hasan of WHO, Geneva, Tel.: +41 22 791 2103, hasanh@who.int; or Jessica Malter of UNICEF, New York, Tel.: +1-212- 326-7412, jmalter@unicef.org; or Michael Oko of American Red Cross, Washington DC, Tel.:+ 1-202-303-6820, okom@usa.redcross.org; or Steven Stewart of CDC, Atlanta, Tel.: +1 404-639-8327, znc4@cdc.gov; or Amy DiElsi...

  Tags: Africa, American Red Cross, FINANCE, Government, HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE, Strategy, World Health Organization

• Chemical risk assessment methodology

  - 2007-11-01

  The World Health Organization WHO International Programme on Chemical Safety IPCS has published new information about its Project on Harmonization of Approaches to Assessment of Risk from Exposure to Chemicals Harmonization Project. New materials include: * a brochure outlining a workplan of new activities on international harmonization of risk...

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• The challenge of obesity in the WHO European region and the strategies for response; summary

  - 2007-09-01

  The challenge of obesity in the WHO European region and the strategies for response; summary. Ed. by Francesco Branca et al. World Health Organization 2007 60 pages $18.00 Paperback RC628 Aimed at policymakers, this volume is the first of two publications from...

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• Traditional medicine: China's competitive advantage

  - 2007-07-01

  ABSTRACT Traditional knowledge is evolving information derived from a community, its experience, and its culture. Indigenous health systems utilize traditional medicine that is regarded as traditional knowledge. The demand for and commercial market value of traditional medicine continues to increase with both developed and developing countries seeking it as...

  Tags: Administration, Alexander, China, G., Hansen, innovation, knowledge, M., patent, Strategy, World Health Organization

• 'See Mike Hike': ORBIS Advocate for Sight Mike Redding Treks for the Blind

  - 2007-06-28

  To: MEDICAL EDITORSContact: Ann Marie Gothard, +1-646-674-5581, annmarie.gothard@orbis.org, or Brooke Johnson, +1-646-674-5532, brooke.johnson@orbis.org, both of ORBIS International NEW YORK, June 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Retired United States Marine and ORBIS Advocate for Sight Mike Redding has embarked on a 2,175-mile trek along the Appalachian Trail, crossing 14 states from Georgia to...

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• International Experts to Discuss Strategies to Combat Childhood Obesity.

  - 2007-06-14

  TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jun 14, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- In 2005, the World Health Organization estimated that globally, at least 20 million children under the age of 5 years were overweight. Can physical activity can play a significant role in reducing the epidemic of obesity in...

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• Global GMP requirements pose difficulties for manufacturers

  - 2007-03-01

  ATHENS, GA -- Global GMP regulations, guidelines and policy documents are increasing and advancing, but FDA regulators and its EU European Union counterparts are concerned that companies are not aware of the impact these proliferations will have on the industry. Michael Beatrice, Ph.D., vice president of corporate regulatory &...

  Tags: Government, PRODUCTIVITY, regulation, Regulations, Strategy, technique, World Health Organization

• Europe to draw up strategy against obesity

  - 2006-11-13

  ISTANBUL AFP — Health ministers and other senior officials from 53 European countries will gather here to discuss a marked increase in obesity, seen as one of the greatest public health challenges of the era. Participating countries, including Central Asian former Soviet republics and Israel, are expected to sign a...

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