Health Breaking News: Link 234

Health Breaking News Links, as part of the research project PEAH (Policies for Equitable Access to Health), aim to focus on the latest challenges by trade and governments rules to equitable access to health in resource-limited settings

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Health Breaking News: Link 234

 

New publication by TWHA and PHM: Building a movement for health – a tool for (health) activists 

European Health Forum Gastein: Health in All Politics – a better future for Europe 4 – 6 October 2017 

A few suggestions to boost the likelihood of planetary health within the timeframe needed 

Radical increase in water and sanitation investment required to meet development targets 

New figures show the poorest countries could miss out due to weak aid rules 

Inflated development aid figures exposed 

The Bad News Is Good News? The Problems of Graduating from Foreign Health Aid  

5 takeaways from Canada’s 2017 aid budget 

Rights of refugees and migrants with disabilities must be priority in new global action plan – UN experts 

Refugees, migrants, and the politics of fear  

SEVENTIETH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY A70/7 Provisional agenda item 11.2 10 April 2017 Proposed programme budget 2018–2019 

World Bank undermines right to universal healthcare 

G7 energy ministers fail to agree statement on climate change… 

NGOs urge UK to approve EU anti-pollution rules  

Q&A: How seed resources can help combat climate change and instability 

ADB Launches Climate Financing Database  

All In: A Funder Bets that Collective Impact Holds the Key to Lowering Rural Infant Deaths 

On World Health Day, why I’m choosing to talk about depression  

WHO: videos about depression 

New Tools Needed to Fight Ancient Disease 

Personalised cancer treatment gets more specific 

The Ebola Crisis: Lessons Learned for Developing Nations 

How to Improve Access to Malaria Treatment in the Private Sector 

Treatment Affordability and the Entry of Biosimilars 

Is There a Fair and Equitable Access to Safe Blood Transfusion Products in the World? 

U.S. defunds U.N. Population Fund, cutting health services to 9 million people 

Parliament calls for mandatory EU-wide food waste targets by 2020 

New Large-Scale Initiative Aims To Increase Open Access To Scholarly Research 

World Bank: Latin America needs smarter investments in sanitation, transport 

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