Canadian Environmental Law Association, Toronto Training, caution essential to avoid release of brain-damaging lead, other toxic substances Home energy retrofits tackle climate change and when
United Nations University – Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) 1 May 2011 The US Environmental Protection Agency is stepping up international efforts to help curb
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 12 December 2010 Africans strengthen ability to meet health needs in sub-Sahara with homegrown science solutions, but many products stagnate
Harvard Kennedy School Cambridge,MA,USA 2-Dec-2010 Africa can feed itself. And it can make the transition from hungry importer to self-sufficiency in a single generation. The
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 14 September 2010 The lure of greater profits elsewhere in the world may divert bio-pharmaceutical firms in developing countries from
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 10 May 2010 ‘South-South’ biotech collaborations boost health, economies: Study The availability of more affordable drugs, vaccines and diagnostics that
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health Apr 20, 2010 55th anniversary of first polio vaccine Failure to pursue eradication of polio worldwide given the capacity and
22-Feb-2010 United Nations University, Tokyo / United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi Rocketing sales of cell phones, gadgets, appliances forecast in China, India, elsewhere Sales of electronic
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health University Health Network / University of Toronto 8-Jan-2010 Chinese researchers have become the world’s fifth most prolific contributors to peer-reviewed
16-Nov-2009 Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Agencies managing 80 percent of global public health research funding set first priorities for common, concerted efforts on heart
McLaughlin-Rotman Center for Global Health 3 Nov 2009 Experts propose ‘Global Health Accellerator’ to help new drugs, diagnostics, vaccines reach distant markets Research firms in
United Nations University 15 September 2009 Sold in 2006: 230 million computers, 1 billion cell phones, 45.5 million TVs; many destined for uncontrolled disposal without
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 9 Sep 2009 Lower manufacturing, clinical trial, R&D costs of developing country partners equal major opportunities to advance global health,
Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases London / Washington / Toronto 15-Jun-2009 Six of the world’s foremost health agencies, collectively managing an estimated 80% of all
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 7-Dec-2008 Canadian researchers have identified protein biomarkers that shed new light on the
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 20-Apr-2008 British entrepreneur, 25, created world’s top soccer Web site; now teams with
McLaughlin Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 7-Jan-2008 Government funds innovation but venture capital needed; Wary investors ‘need to
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health Toronto 21-Nov-2007 20 ‘Grand Challenges’ in chronic non-communicable diseases, 1st agreed roadmap to reduce rising toll of slow killer illnesses
United Nations University 15-Nov-2007 Low collection rates and consumer awareness, rising need to harmonize regulations, UNU advises European Commission Only about 25% of Europe’s medium
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, Toronto 10 Sep 07 The first comprehensive examination of the ethical, social and cultural (ESC) challenges faced by major science
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health / Program on Life Sciences, Ethics and Policy 9-Apr-2007 India’s health biotech firms are emerging as a major global player,
6-Mar-2007 United Nations University Growing need for elements in high-tech scrap –- often incinerated in poor countries Standardizing recycling processes globally to harvest valuable components