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02-Apr-2008
The OECD (Q)SAR Application Toolbox is a software application intended to be used by governments, the chemical industry and other stakeholders to fill gaps in (eco)toxicity data needed for assessing the hazards of chemicals. With this Toolbox, a user can fill data gaps by read-across and trend analysis, group chemicals into categories and gain access to a library of (Q)SAR models. It can be downloaded free of charge. (Press Release)
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31-Mar-2008
The OECD has released a new OECD Health Working Paper from the Economics of Prevention project. The paper (Working Paper #32) provides an economic perspective on the prevention of chronic diseases, focusing in particular on diseases linked to lifestyle choices.
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27-Feb-2008
The OECD has released a new OECD Health Working Paper from the Pharmaceutical Pricing Policies and Innovation project. The paper describes and assesses pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in the Slovak Republic, in the context of the broader policy and market environment.
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28-Jan-2008
En décembre 2004, le Sous-comité d’experts de l’Organisation des Nations-Unies sur le SGH a demandé que l’OCDE examine la possibilité de développer des critères de classification pour les substances qui appauvrissent la couche d’ozone, en coopération avec la Conférence des Parties au Protocol de Montréal, et de développer d’abord une comparaison détaillée des systèmes de classification existant dans les pays/régions. La comparaison détaillée a été soumise au Sous-comité en juillet 2006.
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25-Jan-2008
In December 2004, the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the GHS requested that the OECD examine possibilities to develop classification criteria for ozone depleting substances in cooperation with the Conference of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol and develop first a detailed comparison of classification systems in countries/regions. The detailed comparison was submitted to the Sub-Committee in July 2006 and the Sub-Committee agreed that the work should continue and that it would consider any proposal or option in this respect for final decision.
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17-Dec-2007
This report (Working Paper 30) attempts to assess whether--and to what degree--better care coordination can improve health system performance in terms of quality and cost-efficiency. See also the annex to this paper.
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10-Dec-2007
OECD member countries, as well as some non-member economies and other stakeholders, are pooling expertise and funding to test the human health and environmental safety effects of a number of nanomaterials.
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27-Nov-2007
The OECD Workshop on the application of the GHS classification criteria to HPV chemicals was held in Bern (Switzerland) on 5-6 July 2007. The Workshop was a joint activity of the Task Force on Harmonization of Classification and Labelling and the Task Force on Existing Chemicals. It was prepared by a Steering Group including the members of the bureaus of the two Task Forces.
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Two new reports available for the OECD VERHI project
26-Nov-2007
Two reports prepared in the context of the OECD project on valuation of environment-related health impacts for children (VERHI) have just been released:
- The Summary of Focus Group Discussions and Other Preparatory Work for the VERHI Project
- The Use of Evaluation Tools in Policy-making and Health Implications for Children
To download pdf formats of these documents, please visit www.oecd.org/env/social/envhealth/verhi
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22-Nov-2007
The 2007 edition of Health at a Glance has been released in November 2007. It provides the latest comparable data and trends on the performane of health systems in OECD countries.
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