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Mr Morgan AC said “I feel that this is the right time to step away and I will remain keenly interested in the progress of BioDiem and the LAIV ‘flu technology”. BioDiem’s chairman, Mr Damien Hannes, said, “Hugh is a well-known and respected Australian and international business figure and his ongoing presence on the board will be greatly missed. ...
7th April 2022 marks World Health Day, a key date in the calendar for the World Health Organisation (WHO), and for ION Science. In a decade that has already seen increasing focus and pressure on improving health, protecting the planet, and reducing the impact of emissions, 2022’s World ...
7th April 2022 marks World Health Day, a key date in the calendar for the World Health Organisation (WHO), and for ION Science. In a decade that has already seen increasing focus and pressure on improving health, protecting the planet, and reducing the impact of emissions, 2022’s World ...
The air purifier manufacturer Genano commissioned the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland to carry out a study on how effective its air purifiers are against viruses like COVID-19 in indoor air. This new study is the first of its kind in Finland, and the results have exceeded all expectations: in no more than 15 minutes, nearly 90 per cent of airborne virus particles had been removed, and ...
Optos, a Fife based company and a world-leader in the design and manufacturing of advanced retinal imaging technology, has been awarded NHS funding to accelerate the implementation and validation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support the early detection of Diabetes related eye-disease into NHS Diabetic Eye Screening practices. The technology uses a machine learning algorithm to analyse ...
As a company we continue to closely monitor developments with respect to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), taking guidance from the British Government and the World Health Organisation. We have been taking steps to ensure the safety and wellness of our employees including travel restrictions, reviewing business continuity plans, and working to implement visitor guidelines for those coming to our ...
IOSH is working closely with the World Health Organization (WHO) to share latest information and guidance on the coronavirus and how to stay healthy at work. Coronavirus (COVID-19) affects the lungs and airways. The main symptoms of coronavirus are coughing, a high temperature and shortness of breath. WHO has declared the coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern, with the ...
Over 2,400 medical device manufacturers from around the world have signed up to use the Global Medical Device Nomenclature (GMDN), the de facto global standard for identifying the world’s millions of medical devices, since April 2019. The GMDN is now used by over 5,200 registered member organisations around the world, which is an increase of 86%, in just 5 months. The surge in use follows ...
” According to the New Zealand research, this one herd test can ensure the dairy farm business avoids the time and financial commitment of applying dry cow to the entire herd, by selecting those that the test indicated as having a subclinical mastitis infection. The World Health Organisation and the United Nations have, in recent years, flagged ...
here is nothing more satisfying than when you can really see the impact that one of our machines can have on a community. This June/July our team travelled more than 4000km across the entire country of Senegal installing and commissioning 14 MP100 Medical Waste Incinerators. Leading the project was Abraham Bah from our UK head office and supported by Emmanuel Ehikhumen our engineer based in ...
There is nothing more satisfying than when you can really see the impact that one of our machines can have on a community. This June/July our team travelled more than 4000km across the entire country of Senegal installing and commissioning 14 MP100 Medical Waste Incinerators. Leading the project was Abraham Bah from our UK head office and supported by Emmanuel Ehikhumen our engineer based in ...
here is nothing more satisfying than when you can really see the impact that one of our machines can have on a community. This June/July our team travelled more than 4000km across the entire country of Senegal installing and commissioning 14 MP100 Medical Waste Incinerators. Leading the project was Abraham Bah from our UK head office and supported by Emmanuel Ehikhumen our engineer based in ...
The foreword describes UHC as a “triple win: It improves people’s health, reduces poverty, and fuels economic growth”. The World Health Organisation describes the goal of universal health coverage (UHC) to “ensure that all people obtain the health services they need ...
Recognised for its production capacities, its short development lead times and the quality of its products, Fab’entech has accelerated its project to develop a treatment against Ebola, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and with the support of the European Medicines Agency (EMA). ...
EU-OSHA and its official Campaign partners met on 5 -6 June 2013 in Brussels to exchange good practices, as well as performance and process indicators to promote better safety and health practices. Issues discussed included: (1) Learning from incidents and accidents, including training of workers to report hazards, (2) Leadership training and OSH competence of all responsible actors, (3) How to ...
The environment affects human health in multiple ways, according to the report ‘Environment and human health’ published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Commission's in-house science service, the Joint Research Centre. While pollutants, noise and other forms of environmental degradation can be harmful, the report underlines ...
Today, the International Zinc Association (IZA) announces new commitments to fund UNICEF programmes in Brazil against zinc deficiency, a public health threat that contributes to the deaths of more than 450,000 children each year. At the beginning of 2011 IZA and UNICEF will identify an additional programme in the African continent, where zinc deficiency is also affecting children. IZA support ...
Coloplast"s donation programme Access to Healthcare just signed a contract with the World Diabetes Foundation (WDF) about a new healthcare project in India. ...
Government delegates to the United Nations' Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have added nine new chemicals to its list of substances that governments must control. Environmental NGOs have welcomed the move but are disappointed by the inadequacy and inconsistency of control measures approved for three the listed chemicals. Delegates at the meeting, held in Geneva in ...
The United Kingdom’s Health Protection Agency recently released a document detailing how the environment affects children’s health and what can be done to improve current conditions. This report is based on the World Health Organisation’s Children’s Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe (CEHAPE), in which participating countries from across the European Region agreed to develop plans to ...