For instance, under the Excess Defense Articles and Foreign Assistance Act of the US, the US approved the Aquino administration's request to purchase three Hamilton class cutters and other US naval equipment to aid in patrolling the Spratly waters.
Research and article assistance by Longwood student Carly Shaia.
The impartial body established or designated by a Member State for the purpose of this Article and mediators shall provide assistance to the parties with their negotiations and help the parties reach agreements, including, where appropriate, by submitting proposals to them.
The Global Disease Detection Program was established at CDC, with the aim of strengthening countries' efforts in training, surveillance, and outbreak response and establishing 10 Regional Centers by 2012 (www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/gdder) in alignment with the directive for bilateral collaboration and assistance under article 44 of the IHR.
We also thank Alain di Gallo, M.D., Basel, Switzerland, and Leonhard Thun-Hohenstein, M.D., Salzburg, Austria, for their helpful comments on an earlier version of this article and Maria Craig for editorial assistance.
RZ drafted the article with assistance from KD, MB and MR. MR and MB assisted with finding figures.
The authors thank Anna Usowicz MD from the Children's Hospital Oakland and Research Institute for her cooperation and assistance in editing the article.
We also thank Donna Riley for translation of quotations included in this article and Erin Douglas for editorial assistance.
Barchan and Boynton cowrote this article with assistance from Carroll School senior writer William Bole.
Our very special thanks to Emilio Ocampo of FIFTY24MX Gallery @fifty24mx for his assistance with this article and to Nasser Malek Hernández @nssr21 for sharing his photos exclusively with BSA readers.
During the development of this article, editorial assistance was provided by Richard Daniel, PhD, at PAREXEL Inc., and the study was funded by Eisai Inc. and Pfizer Inc.
