Health Archive April 2011

Western Province Steps Up Preventive Measures

The Western provincial health authority is stepping up preventative measures against a possible spread of Cholera across the Bougainville border.
This patent application entitled "Method and Kit for Assessing Risk of Gout and Hyperuricemia," uses samples from 192 Solomon Islanders.

Doctor Abandons US Patent Application

The Network of the Indigenous Peoples-Solomons, NIPS, welcomes the abandonment of a US patent application that uses genetic samples from Solomon Islanders, in a case that raises major ethical questions.

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