News Link n. 20

 

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 20

– Tobin tax, finalmente http://www.avvenire.it/Commenti/Pagine/Tobin-tax-finalmente-becchetti.aspx

– Tanzania probes fake HIV drugs  http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/world-africa-19914662

– GlaxoSmithKline opens door on data in bid to aid discovery of medicines  http://gu.com/p/3b38z/em

– UPDATE 2-GlaxoSmithKline to reveal more drug secrets  http://www.reuters.com/article/email/idUSL6E8LB1QQ20121011     

– Indonesia in bold move to obtain cheap drugs for HIV  http://gu.com/p/3b3dj/em 

– UN High-Level Meeting In India On Biodiversity Sees Need For Capacity-Building On Access And Benefit-Sharing  http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=23990&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

– ‘It is time for us to become a solutions bank’ http://www.devex.com/en/news/79441/print

– TRIPS-Related Patent Flexibilities and Food Security: Options for Developing Countries  http://ictsd.org/downloads/2012/10/trips-related-patent-flexibilities-and-food-security.pdf

– Africa Seen at Risk of Social Unrest From Food Shortages http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-09/africa-seen-at-risk-of-social-unrest-from-food-shortages

– A good support system? http://www.devex.com/en/news/79417/print

– ‘One Billion Hungry’ Peak Missing From New FAO Numbers http://ictsd.org/i/news/bridgesweekly/146878/

– IMF, World Bank must support poor countries facing food price volatility, Euro crisis   http://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressrelease/2012-10-09/imf-world-bank…

– Al Ansari Exchange and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation sign Memorandum of Understanding on collaboration for global health http://alansariexchange.com/en/news/gates.foundation.aspx#.UHbe-amBAqI.email

– Justine Greening eyes new approach for UK aid http://www.devex.com/en/news/79415/print

– India: Toilets versus temples  http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/india/india-toilets-versus-temples

– Changing the world on the quiet http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/541445e8-0db4-11e2-97a1-00144feabdc0.html 

– U.N. Rapporteurs Call For Creation Of Global Fund As Social Safety Net For Vulnerable Populations http://globalhealth.kff.org/Daily-Reports/2012/October/09/GH-100912-Glob…

– An invisible issue: The presidential campaign and HIV/AIDS http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/global-pulse/presi…

– Innovative funding model allows urban poor to determine their own future   http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/oct/08/urban-poor-fund-communities-determine-future/print

– At WHO, Pharma Suggests Payment Plan For Influenza Virus Use http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=23927&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts