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Ageing: How to stop getting old: impact on society as people live one or two or three decades longer than today - Future Health Care Trends Keynote

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Scientific research into ageing. Can we stop getting old?

Pharmaceutical company anti-ageing products. Market research into anti-aging. Longevity trends and why life expectancy will be a major issue for banks, pension companies and insurance companies.

Demographic trends and length of life, and health care trends. Relationship between wealth and life expectancy. Why government actuarial life tables are incorrect. Impact on retirement age, ageism, discrimination against older workers.

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ACET - AIDS care, HIV prevention and training in 23 nations - by ACET Founder Dr Patrick Dixon

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ACET is an international AIDS agency working in 23 countries to help prevent transmission of HIV (including mother to child transmission), home-based and clinic care for those affected by AIDS (including widows, orphans and vulnerable children), and mobilise communities including churches and Christian faith based organisations, fighting stigma, prejudice, ignorance and fear.

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Swine Flu Virus Death toll less than feared Possible global pandemic?

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Death toll less then feared from Swine flu virus - outbreak in Mexico, US, Canada and ? UK. Risk of global pandemic? Need for urgent government action, strict isolation (gurantine) and rapid treatment plus effective contact tracing. Symptoms of Swine flu Virus. Treatment of Swine Flu Virus. Public health measures. Lessons from Sars which killed 860 our of only 8600 cases and caused chaos with billions lost in SE Asia economy, global impact on travel and tourism.

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Swine Flu: "Pandemic imminent" says WHO

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30 April 2009: WHO has raised the alert over Swine Flu to Level 5 - only one step short of a full pandemic.  Two days ago they announced Level 4 had been reached - the first time since the steps were introduced following Sars in 2003. Mexico's President Felipe Calderon announcing partial suspension of all non-essential work and services from 1 May to 5 May. He urged people to stay at home with their families during the shutdown. Swine Flu continues to spread around the world but while the number of suspected cases is rising rapidly, especially in Mexico, the number of cases with formal confirmation remains small.  What can we expect to happen next?  What are the real risks?

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