Universities urged to do more for poor nations

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Universities are being urged to guarantee access to drugs and medical products invented on campus for poor, developing nations. A group of students called Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) has released a manifesto, the Philadelphia Consensus Statement that calls on universities to promote equal access to the fruits of their research, boost their work on diseases that disproportionately affect the poor and measure research success according to its impact on human welfare.

Strategy & planning, Health Care and Social Assistance, Services information, HEALTH SERVICES, Public Health Care, Health Maintenance Organizations, HMO Medical Centers, Pennsylvania, Hospital and medical service plans, Administration of Public Health Programs, Health Programs-Total Govt, Administration of Human Resource Programs, Health Programs, Health aspects, Services, Public health, Poor, Public health administration, Aims and objectives

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Heightened security after flu scare sparks biosafety debate

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The US government is regulating tighter restrictions for scientists, who are working with deadly strains of influenza viruses and some of them who are against this act are debating to safeguard their stand. The rule restricts the operation of deadly pandemic flu viruses to level 3 labs only because of the specially constructed restrict access that cuts the risk of contaminants escaping.

United States, Government domestic functions, Prevention, Causes of, Development and progression, Influenza, Health policy

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