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Call for Tenders to co-host 2015 Harm Reduction Conference | Harm Reduction International HRI 2015 conference tender (PDF, 282 KB) Harm Reduction International is currently accepting tenders from capable, local partners to co-host the next International Harm Reduction Conference, to be held in May/June of 2015. The International Harm Reduction Conference began in 1990, and was held in Liverpool, England. The city was one of the first to open needle and syringe programmes, and attracted hundreds of visitors each year who wanted to learn about the 'Mersey Harm Reduction Model'. Over the past two decades, the conference has been staged in Europe, Eurasia, North and South America, Asia and Australasia, with the most recent conference being held in Vilnius, Lithuania. Please see attached tender.
Malaria Vaccine Found Safe and Protective August 19, 2013 A candidate malaria vaccine is safe and protects against infection in adults, according to the results of an early-stage clinical trial. Anopheles funestus, a malaria-transmitting mosquito. Image by James Gathany, Dr. Frank Collins, University of Notre Dame, courtesy of CDC. Malaria is one of the most common infectious diseases in the world and an enormous public health problem. Malaria is caused by the Plasmodium parasite. The PfSPZ Vaccine, developed by scientists at Sanaria Inc., is composed of a live but weakened version of Plasmodium falciparum, the most deadly malaria-causing parasite. A Phase I trial of the PfSPZ Vaccine took place at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Forty participants received the PfSPZ Vaccine and 17 didn’t. After vaccination, participants were monitored closely for 7 days. The researchers found that only 3 of the 15 who received the highest doses of the vaccine became infected from the mosquito bites.
Breaking The Taboo - Watch Free Documentary Online - Sam Branson, Cosmo Feilding Mellen, Fernando Grostein Andrade (director), Morgan Freeman (narrator) Description The War on Drugs has failed. After 50 years of prohibition, illicit drugs are now the third most valuable industry in the world after food and oil, all in the control of criminals. Drugs are cheaper and more available than ever before. Narrated by Oscar winning actor Morgan Freeman, "Breaking the Taboo" is produced by Sam Branson's indie Sundog Pictures and Brazilian co-production partner Spray Filmes and was directed by Cosmo Feilding Mellen and Fernando Grostein Andrade. Tags Sam Branson, Cosmo Feilding Mellen, Fernando Grostein Andrade, Breaking The Taboo, documentary, free, watch, online, film, download, bill clinton, jimmy cart, drug policy, drug, global commission, war, policy, sundog pictures, breaking the taboo, taboo, morgan freeman
The NSA Is Commandeering the Internet - Bruce Schneier Technology companies have to fight for their users, or they'll eventually lose them. It turns out that the NSA's domestic and world-wide surveillance apparatus is even more extensive than we thought. Bluntly: The government has commandeered the Internet. Most of the largest Internet companies provide information to the NSA, betraying their users. Some, as we've learned, fight and lose. Others cooperate, either out of patriotism or because they believe it's easier that way. I have one message to the executives of those companies: fight. Do you remember those old spy movies, when the higher ups in government decide that the mission is more important than the spy's life? We're already starting to see that. It will be the same with you. This is why you have to fight. Already companies are taking their data and communications out of the US. The extreme case of fighting is shutting down entirely. But they can fight. If this is happening to your company, do what you can to isolate the actions.
Overdose Prevention Alliance Stop and search - Consultations This consultation seeks views on the police powers of stop and search, specifically under the following legislation: section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 It concerns those powers used in relation to street crime, burglary, antisocial behaviour, and public order offences such as riots and violent protests. The aim of the consultation is to understand how the public and those involved in policing view the use of these powers. The Home Office has already asked Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) to examine how police forces use stop and search. The consultation period has been extended and now runs until 24 September 2013. Please send us your comments by using our online form. Alternatively, you can email your response to: Stopandsearch@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk Or write to:
Body's anti-HIV 'training manual' offers vaccine hopes 3 April 2013Last updated at 13:00 ET By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News The body's own "training manual" for attacking HIV has been recorded by US scientists and it is hoped it can be used to design vaccines. HIV mutates in order to survive the onslaught of a patient's immune system. However, some patients develop highly effective antibodies that can neutralise huge swathes of HIV mutants. A North Carolina team analysed the arms race between body and virus, published in the journal Nature, and has shown how these antibodies are made. When someone is infected with HIV, their body produces antibodies to attack it. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote What we were able to do was map out the arms race of both virus and antibody” End QuoteProf Barton HaynesDuke University However, after about four years of this struggle some patients hit on to a winner by targeting something the virus finds harder to change - an Achilles heel. Super antibody