This week 160 State Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), are participating in the second round of negotiations for a global treaty to combat tobacco smuggling. The second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) on a Protocol on Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products began Monday 20th October, in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Protocol [...]
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Google has pledged $15m to fund six projects that aim to identify and prevent infectious diseases that have the potential to become global pandemics. One of the major projects funded by the internet giant will work on spotting dangerous pathogens that leap from animals to humans (zoonoses ). Guardian UK
A new HIV vaccine trial [...]
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There is no denying that global health law has advanced tremendously thanks in great part to the late Jonathan Mann. To honor Dr. Jonathan Mann and highlight the vital link between health and human rights, the Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights was established in 1999. Nominations for the Jonathan Mann Award [...]
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The Oct 31 deadline to submit nominations for the Gates Award for Global Health is fast approaching. The Gates Award for Global Health was established by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to reward and exemplify organizations which have developed processes for improving health, especially in resource poor settings, with measurable results.
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