Sentences with phrase «challenging outbreaks of disease»

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The dramatic rise in emerging infectious disease outbreaks of international concern has created an unprecedented challenge for the global community.

«From a computer scientist's perspective, creating a disease outbreak planning tool introduces a host of interesting challenges,» Shrideep Pallickara said.

The United States has sufficient capacity for treating another outbreak of the Ebola virus, but financial, staffing and resource challenges remain a hurdle for many hospitals and health systems attempting to maintain dedicated treatment centers for highly infectious diseases, according to new study released today.

However, even closed systems have their challenges: on 27 October Marine Harvest announced that they had decided to conclude the second growth phase after the fish suffered damage to their gills as a result of poisonous algae and a subsequent outbreak of amoebic gill disease.

Outside of NIH, the budget proposes a Federal Emergency Response Fund for outbreak response without specifying funding size or mechanisms; and would «reform» the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by establishing a $ 500 million block grant program for state public health challenges.

In addition to her impact teaching students all over the U.S. as well as globally, some of her notable achievements include groundbreaking work with community cats in the early 90s through Operation CatNip; advancing the field and credibility of shelter medicine through disease prevention, outbreak response and prioritizing lifesaving over euthanasia; and more recent projects like the Million Cat Challenge.

This raises many interesting conceptual and technical challenges because many of the societies concerned are not familiar with outbreaks of these diseases.

From sea level rise to heat waves, from extreme weather to disease outbreaks, each unique challenge requires locally - suitable solutions to prepare for and respond to the impacts of global warming.

Plant genetic diversity also has the potential to provide traits that can help meet future challenges, such as the need to adapt crops to changing climatic conditions or outbreaks of disease.»

They stress the importance of maintaining a diversity within each crop, because: «Plant genetic diversity also has the potential to provide traits that can help meet future challenges, such as the need to adapt crops to changing climatic conditions or outbreaks of disease.»

Represented the United States in UNCITRAL Rules proceedings under NAFTA brought by Canadian cattle producers challenging the closure of the U.S. - Canada border to Canadian beef and cattle following a mad cow disease outbreak.

The program will examine aspects of legal preparedness in anticipation of community emergencies caused by a natural disaster, an act of terrorism, or the sudden outbreak of infectious disease, and will discuss the legal challenges inherent in international collaborations needed to respond to such emergencies.