Pharmaceutical industry welcomes Labor Party's Innovation Blueprint
...the bipartisan commitment of successive Australian governments to promote medical innovation. This latest announcement builds on the bipartisan support for medical research. Today's announcement correctly identifies partnerships with globalbiopharmaceutical companies as the key to success for Australian heal...Washington, DC getting a summertime air quality exam
... better air quality forecast methods and aid local governments in developing strategies to combat ozone pollution."...AIDS depleting health workforce more than brain drain in some African countries
...gistration in the UK in 2003-04. Feeley calls on governments to make antiretrovirals more available and conveni...l service. In his Comment, he lists components for governments to consider in programmes to tackle this problem, such as special provision for treatment in remote ...Big companies should provide HIV treatment to employees
... therefore be priorities for companies, as well as governments and non-governmental organisations. This week's lead Editorial highlights the role of business in the battle against HIV/AIDS. The Lancet comments: "HIV/AIDS has been with us for 25 years now. We know that people who live with the virus can control...New bird flu drug promises to beat the problem of resistance
...lenza, the two drugs currently being stockpiled by governments in preparation for a global outbreak of bird flu, are inherently susceptible to resistance because of the way they work. The first major warning of the practical implications of this came with research published in the New England Journal of Medici...Humanitarian response urgently needed to address Lebanese health crisis
...can leverage funding to meet the UN targetsWestern governments are willing to allow civilians to perish--in the words of WHO, Israel and Hizbollah's military action "continues to pose an unacceptable threat upon humanitarian access"--in order to protect the political status quo in a region that needs a vigorousl...International AIDS Vaccine Initiative calls for new measures to search for an AIDS vaccine
...den-sharing formula, with developed and developing governments contributing to AIDS vaccine R&D. In addition, th...ley. "Companies must step up their efforts, while governments must put in place incentives that will help them to overcome the scientific and commercial risks the...Global study shows all tobacco bad for the heart
...o become and remain smoke free, and will encourage governments to take effective action to protect their people from the dangers of tobacco." "People around the world should pay attention to the message that it's never too late to quit. This is an important study documenting the powerful and persistent danger...A third of the world population faces water scarcity today
...rade-off is with the environment. People and their governments will face some tough decisions on how to allocate and manage water. Not all situations are going to be a win-win for the parties involved, and in most cases there are winners and losers. If you don't consciously debate and make tough choices, more pe...Why we need better estimates of global demand for an HIV vaccine
...s." These objectives, they say, include:persuading governments and industry to invest more in research and produc...t the time of uptake, given the limited ability of governments and individuals in developing countries to pay for a vaccine helping industry to determine the scale...State health department Web sites inaccessible to many, study finds
...stment in technology that has taken place in state governments around the country," the authors state. "Unless th...rity of public websites maintained by the 50 state governments in the United States in the last two to five years. Using content analysis, they focused on readabil...Ageism endemic in health services
...rces are inadequate for the target population, and governments have a responsibility here, he adds. Tackling inst...th services will require national leadership, with governments and health services openly acknowledging the presence of ageism. In England some early progress ha...Planning guidebook to help make walking safer and more convenient
... Though the Peach State is the targeted end user, governments outside Georgia may find parts of the guidebook useful, Amekudzi noted. Here are some highlights from the guidebook: A prioritization framework provides details on how to choose pedestrian projects. Planners should consider an area's pedestrian ...'Ticking time bomb': Prisons unprepared for flu pandemic, says new SLU research
...e Control, the World Health Organization and other governments to identify what plans were in place for prisons should an infectious disease break out. Many of the correctional facilities that Schwartz and colleagues studied have acknowledged they don't have an adequate plan to deal with a pandemic or similar...Health facility births key to substantially reducing maternal mortality worldwide
...ay September 28, 2006). The authors are calling on governments and donors to prioritise this strategy over altern... for its roll-out, including immediate actions for governments and donors. The authors warn that without political commitment and investment into this approach, su...Health facility births key to substantially reducing maternal deaths worldwide
...d outlines the action that is urgently required by governments and the international community. Industrialised countries and some developing countries have had dramatic reductions in maternal deaths. The same is possible in other countries if a few key strategic choices are made by those with the real power t...International Conference on Evidence for Health System Reform
...e a set of policy options for middle-to-low income governments to consider as they face similar health challenges to Mexico. Day one of the meeting will be devoted to the presentation and discussion of a series of Lancet papers on various aspects of the health reforms. On day two and three a high-level policy ...Civil society movement calls for transparency in the WHO director-general elections
... counterbalance the disproportionate effect of the governments of rich countries, particularly the USA, on policy development in WHO? How will you ensure that WHO plays a more assertive role in protecting public health interests in the face of trade agreements (e.g. the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of I...Health inequalities are a growing problem worldwide
...d places responsibility on state and international governments and institutions, along with non-governmental organizations, businesses, communities, families and individuals. "Individual nation-states must assume a prior and direct role of responsibility," Ruger said. "Ethical principles have the power to moti...Unless we tackle AIDS, many countries will not meet the Millennium Development Goals
... Day on December 1, 2006. In September 2000, 189 governments committed to achieving eight development goals to improve living standards worldwide. But according to the analysis in PLoS Medicine, by Robert Hecht and colleagues at the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative and EASE International, the HIV/AIDS epi...