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Climate Change and Neglected Tropical Diseases: Key Takeaways from the WHO-WIPO-WTO Trilateral Symposium

Bill of Health

By Aparajita Lath* The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), hosted the 10 th Trilateral Symposium on Human Health and Climate Change in Geneva this November.

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Unseen Scars: The Devastating Impact of Corruption on Mental Health Systems in Low and Middle-Income Countries

Bill of Health

Yet, funding for mental health is grossly inadequate. According to the World Health Organization , “annual [global] spending on mental health is less than US $2 per person, and less than US$0.25 The mental health sector is further burdened by systemic discrimination and human rights violations.

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Stressed Out By COVID and Civil Unrest – the APA’s Stress in America Survey, Part 2

Health Populi

said the government’s response to COVID was a significant source of stress: in first place, the Federal government response (felt a significant stressor among 84% of U.S. adults), followed by States (72% of consumers), and local governments (64% of people feeling the stress). Two in three people in the U.S.

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COVID-19: An integrated healthcare system is the way forward

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Government & Policy Network Infrastructure Telehealth Workflow With dozens of healthcare facilities across the UAE, the country’s healthcare system is evolving faster than elsewhere in the world says Christian Schuhmacher, CEO of King’s College Hospital London in Dubai. And it went beyond just coordinating the immediate response.

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AI’s Ability to Manipulate Decision Making Requires a Moratorium on Its Use in Obtaining Consent for Biomedical Research

Bill of Health

In 1996, then-President Clinton apologized to Tuskegee survivors and make a pledge to their families that the government would work rebuild “the broken trust” by committing to the ethical principles incorporated in today’s protection laws to “mak[e] sure there is never again another episode like this one.”

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary for May and June 2024

SQA

The EC engaged Gesundheit Österreich GmbH (Austrian National Public Health Institute), Civic Consulting, and Areté to collect data on the availability of medical devices in the EU and the progression of transitions to the Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on Medical Devices (MDR) and Regulation (EU) 2017/746 on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices (IVDR).

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How the Medical Industry Can Help Combat the Current Coronavirus Crisis

Exeed Regulatory Compliance

Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has declared a public health emergency. The World Health Organization (WHO) has stopped short of classifying the outbreak as a pandemic, but consistently encouraged affected countries to activate their national emergency response plans.