News Link n. 33

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News Link 33

 

WHO Director-General Chan throws down the gauntlet on the CEWG process: “Let’s fight this out at the Assembly!” http://www.keionline.org/print/1643 

MSF Intervention on CEWG: Financing & Coordination at 132nd WHO Executive Board http://www.msfaccess.org/content/msf-intervention-cewg-financing-coordination-132nd-who-executive-board 

Universalising Health Care for All  http://www.phmovement.org/sites/www.phmovement.org/files/JSA%20Convention%20Universal%20Health%20Care%20for%20All%20-%20booklet.pdf

Global Leaders Take Action to StrengthenFood Security http://www.weforum.org/news/global-leaders-take-action-strengthen-food-security

Are America’s Nutrition Professionals in the Pocket of Big Food?   http://www.aaci-india.org/Resources/Corporate_Sponsorship_Report.pdf

Worldwide resilience key to our future  http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201301232030–tms–ahuffcoltq–m-a20130123-20130123,0,1660517,print.column 

Ensuring health in universal health coverage http://www.nature.com/news/ensuring-health-in-universal-health-coverage-1.12263

India Battles For Right To Use Compulsory Licences To Make Medicines Affordable  http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=25835&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

UNITAID Seeks Bids For ‘Freedom To Operate’ IPR Analyses For HIV Products  http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=25822&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

UK International Development Committee concerned about post-2015  https://www.devex.com/en/news/80165/print

No Woman Should Die Giving Life http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/01/no-woman-should-die-giving-life/

Economies rebound faster from crisis when responses focus on women’s needs http://www.unwomen.org/2013/01/economies-rebound-faster-from-crisis-when-responses-focus-on-womens-needs/?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRouv6zPZKXonjHpfsX87%2B0uX6%2Bg38431UFwdcjKPmjr1YYBRMt0dvycMRAVFZl5nQhdDOWN

Il ritorno all’Universalismo http://www.saluteinternazionale.info/2013/01/il-ritorno-alluniversalismo/

Major increase in pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) for neglected diseases  http://www.ifpma.org/fileadmin/content/Publication/2013/IFPMA_R_D_Status_Report_Neglected_Conditions.pdf

More ethanol could lighten Malawi’s fuel http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97337/More-ethanol-could-lighten-Malawi-s-fuel-bill

Progress toward Global Reduction in Under-Five Mortality: A Bootstrap Analysis of Uncertainty in Millennium Development Goal 4 Estimates  http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001355

GERMANY MAKES EUR 1 BILLION CONTRIBUTION TO THE GLOBAL FUND http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/mediacenter/newsreleases/2013-01-24_Germany_Makes_EUR_1_Billion_Contribution_to_the_Global_Fund/

Antibiotics Not Being Used Properly, Leading To ‘Apocalyptic Scenario’ Of Drug-Resistant Infections, England’s Chief Medical Officer Says http://globalhealth.kff.org/Daily-Reports/2013/January/25/GH-012513-Drug-Resistance-Warning.aspx

UNITAID URGES EUROPEAN FTT REVENUES TO BE PUT TO POVERTY ERADICATION http://www.unitaid.eu/resources/press-centre/statements/1115-unitaid-urges-european-ftt-revenues-to-be-put-to-poverty-eradication