Beauticians and Barbers can Do More Than Their Services
...cacy group Prostate Net supports this notion. He signed up hundreds of barbers to talk to customers about prostate cancer in 2004, to coincide with release of the movie "BarberShop 2." According to Simons, the barber is :a pillar of the community, a business leader, a culturally credible communicator- a...Apollo to Operate Tertiary Care Hospital in Yemen
...alty healthcare system to Yemen. The two groups signed the partnership agreement to operate the tertiary ...Reddy, founder chairman, Apollo Group of Hospitals signed the agreement. HAS is one the largest business groups in the Middle East and North Africa region. ...Malaria Network Gets 49bn from Bill Gates
...a Gates// Foundation. According to the statement signed by AMANET Communication Officer, Dr Charles Wanga, the four-year grant is aimed at strengthening institutional capacity in health research ethics (HRE) in Africa. It also aims at fostering and promoting discussion, research and publications that h...China, France to Jointly Develop Traditional Chinese Medicines
The governments of China and France signed a landmark cooperative treaty here Thursday to set...and developing new TCM products, said the document signed by Chinese Health Minister Gao Qiang and French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy. "TCM is us...Tamilnadu to Extend Nutritional Supplement Support for HIV Patients
...j, Health Secretary to the government of Tamilnadu signed on Friday a memorandum of understanding over the project, estimated to cost around Rs.45 lakhs. Inaugurating the programme in Chennai, State minister for Health K.K.S.S.R.Ramachandran noted it was the first of its kind in the entire country. Pati...Saudi Arabia to Set Up Hospital in Jamia University Campus
...sity and the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia Tuesday signed an agreement to set up the King Abdullah Bin Abdul...llion. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Jamia vice chancellor Mushirul Hasan and the Saudi embassy authorities at the university her...Corporates To Help Combat HIV/AIDS
National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Bilt and ACC to deliver anti-retroviral drugs free of cost to their ART units//. Operational guidelines regarding manpower requirements and the necessary training in running an ART center were issued by NACO. This i...Bird Flu Vaccine - Indonesia Attracts WHO Attention
...f sharing virus samples with the WHO; instead they signed an agreement with a U.S drug company that required them to share samples of the virus, in exchange for assistance with the development of the bird flu vaccine. Health officials were against this move, and felt that vaccines produced thus may be un...GlaxoSmithKline Signs Outsourcing Deal With TCS
...line (GSK), Britain's largest drug company, // has signed an outsourcing deal with India's Tata Consulting Services to establish a drug development support facility in Mumbai. A company statement said that under the terms of the deal, TCS will support GSK's global clinical research and development progra...LondonMet Keen on Widening Research Collaborations With India
...ramme with the university. This week, LondonMet signed an MoU with Chennai's Loyola College and the Ambedkar Law University to jointly develop undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The collaborations will include provisions for some student exchange, staff exchange to build links, develop curricu...Ranbaxy Develops New Compound for Respiratory Inflammation
...or respiratory inflammation. As per the recently signed multi-year agreement signed between the two companies in 2003, Ranbaxy will further profile this drug candidate through pre-clin...PSivida, Pfizer Ink $165 Million Licensing Pact
...erth-based bio-nanotech major, pSivida Limited has signed an exclusive worldwide Collaborative Research and License Agreement with Pfizer for its controlled// drug delivery technologies, including the Medidur technology in ophthalmic applications. Under the terms of the agreement, pSivida will receive up ...After the King’s Crown, Maoist Want Miss Nepal’s Cron
...became a recognized parliamentary party after they signed a peace pact in 2006 and were inducted into the government on April 1. After the formation of the new government, Maoist spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara has been appointed information and communications minister. With the state-run Nepal Tele...Global Fund Provides $68M for HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria Programs in Cameroon
...d To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria recently signed an agreement to provide Cameroon with roughly $68 million// to help implement the second phase of programs aimed at combating the three diseases in the country. The money will be used to provide treatment for people living with the diseases, as we...Campaign for Safe Drinking Water in India, Nepal
...ent Programme, UN-Habitat and cola giant Coca Cola signed a three-year agreement Tuesday for better community //access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation in India and Nepal with an investment of $300,000. The project in India will be implemented in West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. Working in as...Thailand Approves Strategic Plan To Reduce HIV Prevalence Among Youth
...ecurity Paiboon Wattanasiritham earlier this month signed an order appointing a subcommittee to supervise to plan. The Thai National Health Insurance Office initially will fund the plan with about 500 million baht, or $15,550, and additional funds are expected from the Health Promotion Fund. About 17,...Suicide - Aboriginal Communities Take Stock of the Killing Numbers
...e the diagnostic centers. An agreement has been signed between the Inuit Office and the federal government. The Inuit office will work in tandem with Health Canada to address important issues pertaining to mental health. SV...Bush Signs Bill for Cancer Screening Program for Low-Income, Uninsured Women
President Bush on Friday signed into law a bill (HR 1132) that reauthorizes CDC's National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program through fiscal year 2011.//The program provides Pap tests and other screenings for qualified women ages 18 to 64 and mammograms for qualifie...India to Protect Its Forests With the Aid of Austrian NGO
...cover from an Austrian research organization which signed up the// country as a member this month. The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria - a non-governmental research organization that conducts studies on environmental, social and economic issues in the context of globa......ese shots, until at least 2011. The governor had signed an executive order directing the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to adopt rules requiring all 11- and 12-year old girls entering the sixth grade to be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, or HPV, starting in September 2008. The ord...