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Introduction to the Symposium: From Principles to Practice: Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

Bill of Health

Despite more than a century-long existence, for instance, the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) International Health Regulations only began to incorporate references to human rights in their text as recently as their 2005 iteration and even then engaged with the subject matter in broad strokes.

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Conclusion to the Symposium: From Principles to Practice: Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

Bill of Health

Soekoe and Davis, both South African lawyers involved in litigation relating to transparency in vaccine contracts between the Government and pharmaceutical companies , detail the successful vindication of the right to access to information, entrenched in the South African Constitution and legislation.

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Where Has All The Talent Gone? The Skills Gap Stalling The March of UK Life Sciences

HIT Consultant

From 2005-2018, Europe accounted for just 16% of total cell and gene therapy (CGT) patent registrations, compared with 28% in the US and 56% in China. In the past decade, China appears also to have become an attractive destination for scientists globally, at the expense of the US.

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Ethical Challenges Associated with the Protection of Pets in War

Bill of Health

Many governments have welcomed Ukrainian pets with or without their owners, and without documentation, rabies vaccine, and/or microchip. Disaster studies has a relatively longstanding focus on pets in the context of emergency planning, evacuations, and shelter, in part ushered in by singular disasters such as the 2005 US Hurricane Katrina.

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The Most Relevant Companies in Health Care – Learning From the W2O Group

Health Populi

Taken together, my trend-weave opens the over-arching umbrella of ESG goals – for Environmental, Social, and Governance pillars have become strategic and impactful talking points in C-suites across all industry sectors. This includes health care.