News Link n. 64

The news links are part of the research project GESPAM (Geopolitica, Salute Pubblica e Accesso alle Medicine/Geopolitics, Public Health and Access to Medicines), which aims to focus on the best options for the use of trade and government rules related to public health by resource-limited countries.

 

News Link 64

UNCTAD’s Trade and Environment Review 2013 “Wake up before it is too late: Make agriculture truly sustainable now for food security in a changing climate” 

Italy Calls for Food Security to Be U.N. Priority

Hunger, Food Security, and the African Land Grab

Climate change and land use: Making the difficult choice

IPCC report more certain about global warming

Global warming likely to breach 2C threshold, climate scientists conclude 

UNITED Nations Human rights: Seminar on the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications, 2013 Room XXIV, Palais des Nations, Geneva, 3-4 October 2013

20% of DCI to health & basic education 

28 Ottobre 2013, Camera dei Deputati, Roma:  1a Conferenza Nazionale Decrescita, Sostenibilità e Salute 

Salute e cooperazione internazionale: la FNOMCeO per il volontariato medico e la collaborazione tra istituzioni (Roma, 4-5 ottobre)

Research-based pharmaceutical industry calls for public-private sector engagement to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and in planning new development agenda

US Pressure on India Threatens Access to Medicines

Will international development be the undoing of David Cameron?

Why Stephen Harper has no time for the UN

US Ambassador: WIPO Needs More Balance – Toward Rightsholders

WIPO Approves 15 New Observers, Including DNDi, COHRED; Pirate Parties Rejected 

WTO Members Prepare for “Final Countdown” as Ministerial Looms

Visualizing progress on 3 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Analysis: How to tackle slavery in Asia

We Need More Women’s Voices Influencing Our Future Global Goals 

China pledges to aid Thai development

Community consultation published for new ARV guidelines  

Millions of children in India to benefit from IKEA’s €60 million to UNICEF 

How Many Bed Nets Equal a Life Saved? – Why Results Matter for Value for Money 

The Role of Neglected Disease-Endemic, Emerging-Economy Countries in Neglected Disease R&D: Latin America on the Rise