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EAGLES Health Report on Diabetes

The EAGLES Health Report on Diabetes has been published in April 2008. To see the full, updated EAGLES Health Report on Diabetes please click here

EAGLES Food Forum in Barcelona

A report on the EAGLES Food Forum in Barcelona has been published in April 2008. To see the full, updated EAGLES Food Forum in Barcelona Report please click here

EAGLES Health Report on HIV/AIDS

HIV has spread worldwide in a short time, but is concentrated in low-income countries. Europe has the duty to create such a comprehensive research programme. To see the full, updated EAGLES Health Report on HIV/AIDS please click here

EAGLES Workshop

An EAGLES Workshop was held in Hangzhou, China from the 4th to the 5th of December 2006. The report from this meeting can be downloaded here.

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Press releases

• EAGLES Food Symposium - Biovision Alexandria 2008
April 2008
• EAGLES Food Forum Consultative Meeting - Biovision Alexandria 2008
April 2008
• Final Statement - Biovision Alexandria 2008
April 2008
• Article from Mary Fitzgerald (Irish Times) - Biovision Alexandria 2008
April 2008
• The European Research Area needs to take account of the Developing Countries and the Millennium Development Goals
8-10 October
• Farmers fear, food future genetically modified (article from China Daily)
1 March 2007
• Biotechnology vs biodemocracy (article from China Daily)
7 March 2007
• Europe impedes improvement of crops in the developing world (PDF document)
  21 February 2007
• A new livestock revolution (article from China Daily)
  19 December 2006
• Avian flu triggered by other virus infections (PDF document)
  5 December 2006
• Developing world hit by western life-style disease (PDF document)
  20 November 2006
• EAGLES address members of the European Parliament (PDF document)
  11 October 2006
• AIDS vaccines wait while Europe dawdles (PDF document)
  26 September 2006
  Report by Robert Walgate, Editor of RealHealthNews, reporting for EAGLES
• AIDS orphans “17 times more likely to die" (PDF document), 26 September 2006
  Report by Robert Walgate, Editor of RealHealthNews, reporting for EAGLES

Publications

• How should public policy respond to the challenges of
  modern biotechnology? Do the makers of public policy need to respond to the challenges raised by modern biotechnology? Many have answered, ‘Yes, certainly’; this article reviews some of the resulting responses — and their consequences.
• Public understanding and perception of plant biotechnology in the EU: Myth and reality This paper reviews recent surveys of public opinion on risk to human health, environmental impact, increase in economic power of multinational corporations, deterioration in food quality, threat to traditional farming and rural society, and general moral acceptability in Europe.
• Ten Years of GM Crops in Argentine Agriculture
  The introduction of genetically modified crops in Argentina 10 years ago has had a tremendous effect on the agriculture and a positive impact on the overall economy of the country. Read this report to find out what experience Argentina has with GM-foods.
• Commentary by EAGLES on the Seventh Framework Programme
• The ‘evergreen revolution’, by Dick Ahlstrom, Science Editor, 24/06/04. © The Irish Times
• An international effort to fight hunger and disease, by Dick Ahlstrom, Science Editor, 24/06/04. © The Irish Time
• Summary and recommendations: The use of genetically modified crops in developing countries, Nuffield Council of Bioethics, June 2003.
  This Discussion Paper is a follow-up to the Council’s 1999 Report, Genetically modified crops: the ethical and social issues. The Paper reassesses the recommendations and conclusions in the light of recent developments in science and policy. For more information and to download the discussion paper, please visit www.nuffieldbioethics.org/publications
• Conference “Towards Sustainable Agriculture for Developing Countries: Options for Life Sciences and Biotechnology”
  Brussels, Belgium, 30-31 January 2003.
  Final Brochure (pdf, 863kb)
  Proceedings (html page)
• Biotechnology and sustainability, The fight against infectious disease, © OECD 2003 (pdf)
• Sustainable Agriculture for a Food Secure Third World
  by Ismail Serageldin, 1999 (word, 49kb)