Health Breaking News: Link 260

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

Health Breaking News: Link 260

 

ILO under pressure to limit relationship with big tobacco 

World Hepatitis Summit 1-3 November 2017 Sao Paulo Brazil 

MSF Secures Deals For Key Hepatitis C Medicines, Price A Fraction Of Branded Drug 

THE MEDICINES PATENT POOL AND THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SIGN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING 

THE MEDICINES PATENT POOL AND TB ALLIANCE SIGN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO SUPPORT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF SUTEZOLID  

SOUTH CENTRE NEWS ON AMR 8, 23 OCTOBER 2017 

New chapter in tackling antimicrobial resistance in Thailand 

Fostering research into antimicrobial resistance in India 

Infectious Diseases Hub: Infectious Diseases Update 30 October, 2017 

Global measles deaths fall, but elimination goals far off 

Ending Polio in Nigeria Once and for All 

Here’s Why Vaccines Are So Crucial 

Multifaceted approach key to eradicating malaria 

Pharmaceutical company gives free access to drug after clash with Greek government 

Second Chances: The Funders Bringing College into Prisons 

URGENT Call for EU member states to support UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights 

COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS ALERT TO THE BLOCKING OF THE UN BINDING TREATY TO PROTECT THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS 

Human Rights Reader 426 

In Nepal, Health Insurance For All 

UNPO newsletter October 2017 edition 

Chinese mines in Africa provide better roads but not more jobs for locals 

Taking the holistic approach to health care 

What’s In, What’s Out: Designing Benefits for Universal Health Coverage 

The Sustainable Development Goals won’t happen without a radical economic rethink 

Community Paramedicine: A Simple Approach To Increasing Access To Care, With Tangible Results 

Indoor pollution killed over 1.24 lakh across India in 2015, says Lancet report 

A Carmaker Launches a Foundation Strictly Backing Oceans and Climate Resilience 

Climate finance failing on forest protection 

Earth to overshoot global warming targets, U.N. warns in blunt report 

Fossil Fuel Subsidies Reduction and the World Trade Organization  

Invasion of maize-eating caterpillars worsens hunger crisis in Africa 

Four things you should know about food security in Africa