PEAH News Flash 371

News Flash 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

News Flash 371

 

Luca Li Bassi, former general director of the Italian medicines agency (AIFA), receives the International Transparency in Medicines Policies Award 2019 for his “actions that contributed to the implementation of transparency in medicines and health products policies”

Call for Proposals: Global Health Centre Events during 73rd WHA 

WHAT SHOULD BE A PRIMARY CARE? by Olga Shelevakho 

GLOBAL HEALTH CENTRE, THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS: RUPTURING POLITICS, AUTHORITY AND ECONOMY 04 March 2020, 17:00 – 18:30 Auditorium A1B, Maison de la paix, Geneva 

RPT-World Bank pandemic bond under pressure as coronavirus spreads 

World Needs Mindset Shift On COVID-19: Head Of WHO Delegation Issues Call For Aggressive Action Upon Return From China 

Commission calls for coordination before any border measures for coronavirus 

WHO: Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports 

Symptomless cases raise coronavirus control fears 

COVID-19: EU working on all fronts, €232 million for global efforts to tackle outbreak 

G20 finance heads eye impact of coronavirus outbreak on growth, see modest pickup 

Fungal diseases as neglected pathogens: A wake-up call to public health officials 

Peace Corps offers window into long-term impacts of malaria drugs 

DNDi: R&D Portfolio: 2019 in Review 

Paths to Influence: How Leading 2020 Political Donors Approach Philanthropy 

WTO TRIPS Council discussions on the transparency of R&D costs and the pricing of medicines: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly 

The Medicines Patent Pool and Mylan sign agreement to scale up access to first generic version of hepatitis C treatment glecaprevir/pibrentasvir 

MPP: Making medicines affordable in India 

FDA launches new resource to provide easily accessible, more accurate historical drug approval data 

Austria: 273 clinical trials of medicines are missing results 

‘Partnerships’ to be at heart of EU-Africa strategy, leaked paper reveals 

Human Rights Reader 517 

UN Issues Worldwide Call to Action on Human Rights 

Discrimination: A Social Determinant Of Health Inequities 

Ethiopia Passes Landmark Excise Tax Bill On Cigarettes 

Appeal for more funds to control locusts 

India’s Orange Farmers Search for Sustainable Agriculture 

Ugandan Farmer Ends Food Insecurity for Family & Community 

Nations seek biodiversity accord to stave off mass extinction 

G20 sounds alarm over climate emergency despite US objections 

Europe’s top firms must double low-carbon investment – study 

Using climate information for health decision-making