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    US: Cervical Cancer Disproportionally Kills Black Women - 2 year(s) ago

    The United States federal and many state and local governments are not doing enough to end cervical cancer deaths, the Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative for Economic and Social Justice (SRBWI) and Human Rights Watch said in a report today issued during cervical cancer awareness month and focused on the state of Georgia.

    Source: Human Rights Watch
    Categories: HIV/AIDS, Latest Headlines
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      HarvardChanDean

      "Where you live matters. Racial disparities are especially glaring in rural areas where Black women face a cervical cancer incidence rate almost 50 percent higher than white women." https://t.co/DQHpkYd8oL

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    Experts Identify 100 Plus Firms to Make Covid-19 mRNA Vaccines - 2 year(s) ago

    The new Covid-19 variant underscores the dangers of severely unequal access to Covid-19 vaccines and the concentration of production in the US and Europe.

    Source: Human Rights Watch
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      GYamey

      It’s time to end what ⁦@paimadhu⁩ called “trickle down manufacture,” in which rich nations make vaccines & maybe, reluctantly, agree to donate a few doses to less wealthy nations Over 100 firms globally can make vaccines—share the know-how already! https://t.co/Ml4qfmsPyH

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    Pakistan: Ensure Ahmadi Voting Rights - 3 year(s) ago

    The Pakistani government should immediately act to allow the full and equal participation of members of the Ahmadiyya religious community in the general elections scheduled for July 25, 2018.

    Source: Human Rights Watch
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      KashifMD

      Pakistan should immediately act to allow the full & equal participation of Ahmadis in the general elections. The govt should drop discriminatory provisions in the electoral law that effectively exclude them because of their religious beliefs. - @hrw https://t.co/rA3OVMvkQ7

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    New Weapons, Proven Precedent - 3 year(s) ago

    Summary Fully autonomous weapons would usher in a new era of armed conflict, similar to the advent of air warfare or the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Also known as lethal autonomous weapons systems or “killer robots,” these systems would select and engage targets without meaningful human control. The prospect of delegating life-and-death decisions to machines raises a host of moral, legal,…

    Source: Human Rights Watch
    Categories: Future of Medicine, Latest Headlines
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      FLIxrisk

      Negotiating an international treaty on autonomous weapons will be hard but, as @hrw points out, it wouldn't be our first rodeo; "the existence of relevant models should make it legally, politically, and practically easier." https://t.co/zPEhnrv17A

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