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Intergovernmental organisations and contagious diseases

Lord Soley

After much deliberation the Intergovernmental Organisations Select Committee has produced its first (and possibly last!) report. Its title is: Diseases Know No Frontiers: How effective are Intergovernmental Organisations in controlling their spread? You can access it from the following link:http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldintergov.htm The report received wide coverage in the media with the front page of the Independent…

Intergovernmental Organisations Select Committee – next hearing

Lord Soley

The next hearing of the Intergovernmental Organisations Select Committee will be on Wednesday 26th March at 3.30pm. The hearing is open to the public as usual. Our witness will be Dr Scott Dowell, Director of the Global Disease Detection Program of the US Centre for Disease Control in Atlanta, USA. http://www.cdc.gov/ The evidence will be taken…