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UNAIDS Welcomes Continued Commitment Of Francophone Parliamentarians To The AIDS Response
The Assembly of parliamentarians of Francophone countries have adopted a resolution reaffirming their commitment to the AIDS response. The resolution, which was adopted during their annual assembly which was held from 3 to 6 July 2009 in Paris, gave a strong message that Francophone parliamentarians are continuing to put AIDS high on the agenda and push the response forward in their countries and beyond.
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Emergent BioSolutions Meets With FDA To Review Regulatory Strategy For Recombinant Anthrax Vaccine
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced that it has met with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to review Emergent"s regulatory strategy for the development of its recombinant anthrax (rPA) vaccine. Emergent recently submitted to FDA, among other documents, its rPA Development Plan in response to the Department of Health and Human Services" (HHS) amendment to its request for proposal (RFP) to develop and deliver up to 25 million doses of an rPA vaccine for the Strategic National Stockpile. In amending the RFP, HHS required that all bidders deemed to be in the competitive range submit to FDA a comprehensive plan outlining the regulatory strategy for their rPA vaccine. Emergent completed that submission on May 12, 2009 ahead of the June 15, 2009 submission deadline.
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Canada's International Leaders On Maternal Mortality Congratulate Canadian Government
Today in Parliament, an all-party resolution was unanimously passed renewing Canada"s commitment to reducing maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality both at home and abroad. Support was expressed for Canadian leadership within government and civil society to work within the G-8 and as partners with UN agencies and appropriate global initiatives to achieve this goal.
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Economist Articles Examine Use Of Mobile Phones For Global Health

The Economist examines how mobile phones could be used to detect the spread of diseases worldwide. According to the Economist, "[t]he world"s 4 billion mobile phones could be turned into sensors on a global data-collection network" and aid workers, engineers and several other professionals "are now building systems that use handsets to sense, monitor and even predict population movements, environmental hazards and public-health threats." One of the innovations profiled in the article is a "suite of open- software to share, aggregate and analyse data from mobile phones," which was launched by the nonprofit group Innovative Support to Emergencies, Diseases and Disasters (InSTEDD), the Economist reports. InSTEDD focuses on using mobile phones to improve disaster response in developing countries. In Cambodia, it is testing a system where health workers can send text messages, containing observations and diagnoses, to a central number. According to InSTEDD, the service enables "geospatial ground-truthing, as your mobile team works to confirm, refute, or update data." The group is trying to "stitch together a global network, tentatively dubbed Archangel, to combine all manner of data s, from satellite imagery and seismic sensors to field-workers texting from refugee camps," according to the Economist. The magazine writes, "Some computer scientists look forward to the day when mobile phones and sensors can provide a central nervous system for the entire planet." This could allow scientists to build more realistic models, and when it comes to "tracking and predicting the spread of diseaseṣ€¦ scientists can never get enough data," and it could also provide a way to "broaden public involvement in scientific activities," according to the Economist (Economist, 6/4). A second Economist article describes how MIT researchers are using a system called XoutTB to give people an incentive to stick with tuberculosis treatment, which takes six months. The system uses "stamp-sized patcheṣ€¦ that change colour when exposed to the urine of people with traces of medicine in their systems," according to the magazine. The color change "reveals a code that a patient can send by text-message to a number which rewards him with free airtime minutes on his mobile phone," the Economist reports. A first trial including 30 people living with TB in Nicaragua was a "success," and a second trial in Pakistan is planned, according to the Economist (Economist [2], 6/4). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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