Dr Simon Zadek is Chair of the international professional body for social auditing, the Institute of Social and Ethical AccountAbility, having been Development Director of the New Economics Foundation and Chair of the Ethical Trading Initiative until the end of . He is on the Steering Committee of the Global Reporting Initiative, the Operating Council of the Global Alliance for Workers and ...

quoted are those for the year 1942 and I enclose a copy of the latest statistics (1945) for the information of the writer of the article. In paragraph 2 of the article there is a reference to the definition of blindness for school children, viz., " too blind to be able to read the ordinary school books used by children." This definition has been replaced by the following; " blind pupils, that i...

This comment explores whether health care reform legislation establishes an administrative body effectively charged with the rationing of health care resources; insofar as it establishes a presidentially appointed Independent Medicare Advisory Committee (IMAC). IMAC would be charged with "making two annual reports dictating updated rates for Medicare providers including physicians, hospitals, s...

Xylitol has most commonly been studied in chewing gum, with just a few studies looking at its action in toothpaste, mouthrinse, or tablets. Most of the studies have been done in children, with fewer studies in adults. Very little has been done to look at effects of xylitol in patients over 65 or root surfaces (Makinen, et.al 1995b). There is an abundance of available evidence on xylitol’s actio...

Healthy cattle are the main reservoir of STEC although they are also carried by sheep and other animals. The infectious dose for human infection has been estimated to be <100 bacteria. Transmission to humans occurs through either consumption of contaminated food or water, or exposure to a contaminated environment involving direct or indirect contact with animals or their faeces. The low infecti...

This article summarizes principal findings and recommendations of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee 2007 Progress report on Immunization Information Systems (IIS). Considerable progress has been made in each of the four primary objectives of the IIS: ensure appropriate protections of privacy and confidentiality for individuals and security for information included in the registry; ensure ...

The National Alcohol Strategy and its companion document 'Alcohol in Australia: Issues and Strategies' were endorsed by the Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy in July 2001. The documents were prepared for the Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs by members of the National Expert Advisory Committee on Alcohol (NEACA) with assistance from the NEACA project officer and secretariat. The Australia...