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World Health Organization: A Fact Sheet
Date: July 1, 1996
Creator: McHugh, Lois
Description: The World Health organization (WHO), established in 1948, is the United Nations system's authority on international public health issues. It assists governments in improving national health services and in establishing worldwide standards for foods, chemicals, and biological and pharmaceutical products. WHO concentrates on preventive rather than curative programs, including efforts to eradicate endemic and other widespread diseases, stabilize population growth, improve nutrition, sanitation, and maternal and child care. WHO is not an operational agency. It works through contracts with other agencies and private voluntary organizations.
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Biotechnology, Indigenous Peoples, and Intellectual Property Rights
Date: April 16, 1993
Creator: Axt, Josephie R
Description: This report examines intellectual property right in pharmaceuticals in a particular context, namely, medicinal products and processes derived from the biodiversity resources of areas inhabited by indigenous peoples. This report discusses the international law regarding intellectual property rights in traditional knowledge and the American laws regarding traditional knowledge.
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Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
Date: April 11, 1997
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen
Description: None
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Veterans and Smoking-Related Illnesses: Congress Enacts Limits to Compensation
Date: August 13, 1998
Creator: Snook, Dennis W
Description: None
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Science, Technology, and Medicine: Issues Facing the 105th Congress, Second Session
Date: September 9, 1998
Creator: Rowberg, Richard E
Description: None
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Science, Technology, and Medicine: Issues Facing the 105th Congress, First Session
Date: February 21, 1997
Creator: Rowberg, Richard E
Description: None
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Science, Technology, and Medicine: Issues Facing the 106th Congress, First Session
Date: July 16, 1999
Creator: Rowberg, Richard E
Description: None
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Pfiesteria
Date: September 23, 1997
Creator: Buck, Eugene H
Description: None
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Disease Funding and NIH Priority Setting
Date: September 10, 1998
Creator: Johnson, Judith A
Description: Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has strong political support, but a heated debate rages over the allocation of NIH funds among various diseases. NIH contends that decisions are made based on scientific opportunity while critics of the NIH process charge that spending often follows current politics and political correctness.
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Cloning: Where Do We Go From Here?
Date: April 23, 1998
Creator: Stith-Coleman, Irene
Description: News in February 1997 that scientists in Scotland had succeeded in cloning an adult sheep ignited a worldwide debate. Of concern are the ethical and social implications of the potential application of cloning to produce human beings. In response to concerns about the potential application of cloning to produce humans, actions were taken by the Administration and Congress.
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