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Dr. Eunice Brookman-Amissah: A Pioneer in Safe Abortion Law Reform

Bill of Health

She then served as Ghana’s Minister of Health from 1996 to 1998 and as Ghana’s Ambassador to the Netherlands from 1998 to 2001. From Minister to Advocate Dr. Brookman-Amissah returned to Ipas in 2001, where she served as Vice President for Africa until 2014.

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HC3 Report Reveals Cyberattack Trends and Provides Insights to Improve Healthcare Cybersecurity

HIPAA Journal

That incident saw Biologist Joseph Popp distribute 20,000 floppy disks at the World Health Organization AIDS conference in Stockholm. The report shows how adversaries stepped up their attacks on the healthcare industry from 2014 through 2017. When used, the disks installed malicious code which tracked reboots.

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Digital Inclusion As Upstream Health Investment

Health Populi

Note the timing of this publication: the authors submitted the manuscript to Nature on 19th March 2020… just eight days after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a global pandemic.

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Report: How Apple Is Advancing Digital Healthcare Transformation

HIT Consultant

. – The report covers Apple’s two-pronged approach to advance health: Apple’s focus on personal health and fitness features on Apple Watch and iPhone, and Apple’s work with the medical community to support research and care. Empowering Users on Their Personal Health Journeys.

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Eliminating Trachoma with the Help of GIS Technology

Healthcare IT Today

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), trachoma is “hyperendemic in many of the poorest and most rural areas of Africa, Central and South America, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East”. On September 21 st , 2022 the WHO officially announced that the country had eliminated the disease as a public health problem.

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | Monthly Update 2022 – May

SQA

536/2014 on Clinical Trials, which will replace EU Annex 13. 536/2014 on Clinical Trials replacing EU Annex 13. World Health Organization (WHO). A new Annex 16 on the Certification by the Authorized Person and Batch Release. PIC/S Annex 13 has been revised based on EC Regulation No. Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | Monthly Update 2023 – May And June

SQA

The rules also cover other services that perform activities related to clinical analysis examinations, such as isolated (private) offices and pharmacies, which are considered health services since the publication of Law 13.021/2014. In addition, shipments of articles manufactured at Chengdu KeCheng Fine Chemicals Co., Floor 9, No.

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