Sentences with phrase «in global disease»

Atwell, a PhD candidate in Global Disease Epidemiology and Control at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, says it is difficult to quantify the contributions of different factors to the resurgence of pertussis and that it is a multifaceted issue.

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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

«Expanding our collaboration with Banner Alzheimer's Institute stands testament to our belief that preventing amyloid buildup is one of the most promising approaches to treating Alzheimer's disease,» said Novartis» chief medical officer, global head of drug development, and soon - to - be CEO Dr. Vas Narasimhan in a statement.

High percentages of those polled also believe A.I. can make significant advances in eradicating cancer and diseases, developing clean energy, improving education, and boosting global health and well - being.

Crops of cocoa have been suffering due to dry weather in West Africa, where most cocoa is produced, and a fungal disease that has wiped out around a third of global coca production.

Center for Disease Control Director Tom Frieden participates in a discussion about «Zika, the Olympics, and Global Health Security: A Marathon Against a Microbe» at New America July 13, 2016 in Washington, DC.

This means that in the global fight against malaria, we need to do everything we can to slow the rise of drug - resistant forms of the disease.

But with the disease still killing a child in Africa every few minutes, those eager to finish the job are worried that the presidency of the United States — a crucial funding source for international malaria control efforts — is now passing to a man whose commitment to global health projects is uncertain.

It is almost a decade since Gates first dared to revive what in global health circles is known as the «e-word» in relation to this ancient disease.

To accomplish this, the new WHO report estimates that global funding for combating the disease will have to increase from the $ 2.7 billion that's spent today to $ 8.7 billion in 2030.

JOHANNESBURG, March 19 - Tiger Brands has closed its factory in Pretoria after listeria was detected at the plant as South Africa faces the worst global outbreak of the disease that has killed 180 people since January 2017.

The global health community and a coalition of public - private initiatives has successfully begun taming the scourge, with a 21 % decrease in its global incidence and 29 % drop in mortality rate between 2010 and 2015; still, there were 212 million malaria cases worldwide and nearly 430,000 deaths from the disease in 2015, according to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) figures.

International philanthropy and the western world's desire to eradicate poverty and disease can't ever truly rid themselves of their imperialist roots; as many critics have pointed out, the white savior industrial complex has never been more pervasive in global culture.

JCAR015 is among CAR T - cell candidates covered by Juno's 10 - year, approximately $ 1 billion global collaboration launched in 2015 to develop and commercialize cancer and autoimmune diseases immunotherapies.

As the event opened, the panellists were presented with five global risk scenarios: uncontrolled city growth, lack of fresh water, extreme weather, continued fossil fuel lock - in and rising cases of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

Antares Pharma (ATRS)- The company possesses a strong pipeline of drug / device combination product candidates which provide better treatment options in a variety of disease settings - Xyosted could potentially be approved by September and should see significant adoption due to several advantages over current treatments (keep in mind global male hypogonadism market to exceed $ 3 billion within 10 years).

The global race for AI chip dominance heats up: We're seeing a Cambrian explosion of applications for artificial intelligence, from recognizing faces in videos for security purposes to detecting diseases in medical images at scale.

This is hypothesized to happen for many different reasons, including a decline in the competitiveness of other economic sectors (caused by appreciation of the real exchange rate as resource revenues enter an economy, a phenomenon known as Dutch disease), volatility of revenues from the natural resource sector due to exposure to global commodity market swings, government mismanagement of resources, or weak, ineffectual, unstable or corrupt institutions (possibly due to the easily diverted actual or anticipated revenue stream from extractive activities).

Global Health Now recently captured photographs of a community in Kahemba under the ill effects of this disease.

Well, the last time Americans had a president who was psychologically «programmed» to ignore facts that didn't agree with his beliefs, the USA ended up wasting $ 1T in an illegal war to «liberate» 100's of billions of barrels of Iraqi oil (as many as 1.2 M people died in the process due to violence, disease & starvation resulting from the conflict), nearly $ 5T was added to the U.S. federal debt, a man with experience as the Judges and Stewards Commissioner for the International Arabian Horse Association was put in charge of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. subprime credit «bubble» expanded hugely & then imploded, wiping out some $ 14T in global wealth & destroying millions of jobs, etc..

Which God promises, to restore the earth in to a global paradise, and eliminating, death, diseases, violence, and to give everlasting life to humans?

I guess that in a world where 39,000 children die each day from preventable disease, where around 90,000 civilians have been killed in Iraq, where the current global food crisis causes a child to die every seven seconds, where 47 million Americans can not afford basic healthcare, and where women and children continue to be murdered in Darfur — nothing says «God is pro-life» better than a bunch of wet democrats.

So why is the world's oldest disease still feared and reviled in the global Church today?

If you don't like comparisons with morbidity by disease, how about the ~ 16,000 homicides in the US — more than * all * global terrorism.

According to United Nations Foundation executive director Elizabeth Gore, this partnership is a natural step in the fight against global poverty and disease.

So the alarmist community has reacted predictably by issuing ever more apocalyptic statements, like the federal report» Global Change Impacts in the United States» issued last week which predicts more frequent heat waves, rising water temperatures, more wildfires, rising disease levels, and rising sea levels — headlined, in a paper I read, as «Getting Warmer.»

So why is the world's oldest disease still feared and reviled in the global Church... More

World leaders met in New York last week to discuss the progress of global efforts to reduce poverty, hunger and disease.

Nutrition and healthy life styles have always been an interest of mine, but it wasn't until I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease in March 2010, and became a social work graduate student, that I truly realized the importance of both and my interest in advancing global health grew.

World Health Organization Global Estimates and Regional Comparisons of the Burden of Foodborne Disease in 2010, PLoS Med 12 (12): e1001923.

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«The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010, from where the quoted study has obtained their data, suggests that in Australia the biggest causes of mortality or poor health include factors such as obesity, smoking, poor diet and low physical activity.

How Traceability Can Help Prevent Foodborne Disease: A major impact stirring many in the packaging industry lately, Tejas Bhatt with the Institute of Food Technologists and the Global Food Traceability Institute, shared these considerations for traceability: food safety, food sustainability, food security and food defense (i.e. intentional contamination).

Despite a high global prevalence and inequities in treatment, kidney disease is not given priority in international health plans.

Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980 - 2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Speaking at the time, Sir Leslie Turnberg, Chairman of the UK Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) commented: ³ The vital importance of infectious disease surveillance is clear from the global increase in infectious diseases and the looming threat of antibiotic resistance... The effectiveness of the PHLS is beyond question, and the astonishingly swift identification of the cause of the recent outbreak of salmonellosis from powdered baby milk undoubtedly saved many babies from becoming ill.

She is the co-director of the non profit organization Global Resource Alliance dedicated to the alleviation of poverty and disease, and supporting communities in the Mara region of Tanzania

There is worldwide consensus that there is a global health crisis in nutrition 8 and that the costs of diet related diseases are fast consuming health budgets.

[iii] Changes in health in England, with analysis by English regions and areas of deprivation, 1990 — 2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Lancet 2015; 386: 2257 — 74 Published Online September 15, 2015 http://thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736 (15) 00195 - 6.

Thirty - six of these are in Africa, which has just three per cent of global health workers but bears 24 per cent of the global burden of disease.

«The World Health Organisation has raised a global alert because the disease has affected about 23 countries in Americas especially in Latin America.

Global health had long been the domain of physicians, microbiologists, and «a handful of diseases found in warm places,» Malkin says.

By contrast, BPD is seldom discussed and it is not included in the Global Burden of Disease study, a comprehensive registry that quantifies diseases by cost, mortality, geography, risk and other factors.»

After the first human case of SARS was recorded in 2002 in Guangdong Province in southern China, a global epidemic of the disease sickened more than 8,000 people and killed 774 in 2003.

The plant disease still causes billions of dollars in global crop damages annually.

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

Breeding agricultural crops for resistance against disease pathogens is essential in the quest to secure global food production.

Novartis has set up the Novartis Vaccines Institute for Global Health based in Sienna, Italy, which is hunting for vaccines against the most neglected diseases.

IN A rare instance of humans beating one of the impacts of climate change, measures to combat malaria appear to be neutralising the expected global increase of the disease driven by rising temperatures.

But that outlay for dementia research falls well short of those announced in recent years by the United States and the United Kingdom and even lags Canada's promise at the G8 dementia summit 2 years ago in London to significantly ramp up its investment in research on neurodegenerative diseases as part of a global bid to find a cure for dementia by 2025.