Human Genome Project completion is announced

The 28 January meeting established processes rather than documenting completed disease elimination.

The Constitutional Court held that restrictions on nevirapine for preventing mother-to-child transmission were unreasonable.

The case backed demands that public facilities provide treatment where medically indicated.

The ruling addressed government limits on providing nevirapine to pregnant women with HIV.

The court linked access to health services with the state’s duty to take reasonable measures.

The essentially completed genome gave researchers a foundation for studying human variation and disease.

The announcement followed large-scale cooperation among publicly funded sequencing centers.

Completion was a scientific milestone, not a claim that all genes or diseases had been fully understood.

Member states unanimously adopted the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

Governments sought common responses to advertising, exposure and other drivers of tobacco use.