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doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1276

BMJ 2004;328:1276 (29 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1276

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SARS vaccine being tested in Beijing: Scientists in Beijinghave begun testing a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)vaccine on humans. The vaccine was jointly developed by China'sMinistry of Science and Technology and the Beijing based companySinovac Biotech. The first four of 36 volunteers for the trialhave been injected with an inactive sample of the SARS coronavirus.

Universal health insurance to be introduced in Morocco: Moroccois set to introduce a universal health insurance scheme in January2005 despite the fact that the average gross domestic productper person is $3900 (£2175; ${euro}$ 3245). The overhaul of Morocco'shealth sector follows two decades of under-funding, which left40% of the population without access to health services.

Trials of treatment for kalaazar take place in India: A nonprofitmaking drug company in the United States, OneWorld Health, whichis funded largely by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,has . . . [Full text of this article]

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