News Link n. 29

 

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 29

TOP 10 GLOBAL HEALTH MILESTONES OF 2012  http://psiimpact.com/top-10-global-health-milestones-of-2012/

Ricerca scientifica: non è sufficiente dire Bad Pharma  http://www.saluteinternazionale.info/2012/12/ricerca-scientifica-non-e-sufficiente-dire-bad-pharma/

Ambassador Goosby Named Head Of State Department’s New Office of Global Health Diplomacy  http://globalhealth.kff.org/Daily-Reports/2012/December/17/GH-121712-Goosby-Diplomacy-Office.aspx 

The Office of Global Health Diplomacy: A Christmas Miracle or Lump of Coal?  http://blogs.cgdev.org/globalhealth/2012/12/the-office-of-global-health-diplomacy-a-christmas-miracle-or-lump-of-coal.php 

Susan Rice withdraws for secretary of state  https://www.devex.com/en/news/79958/print

The U.S. Role in Global Polio Eradication http://csis.org/publication/us-role-global-polio-eradication

Science put at heart of US global AIDS strategy  http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/news/science-put-at-heart-of-us-global-aids-strategy.html

US Chamber Holds Annual IP Attaché Roundtable, Announces New “IP Index”  http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=25409&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

KEI notes on the 15th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations in Auckland, New Zealand  http://www.keionline.org/node/1617

The MDGs: Where Does Nutrition Fit? http://www.developmenthorizons.com/2012/12/the-mdgs-where-does-nutrition-fit.html

Future of Agriculture: Online Discussion blog  http://blogs.oxfam.org/en/future-of-agriculture 

FAO: Poor Countries Must Invest in Farming to Tackle Hunger http://ictsd.org/i/news/bridgesweekly/151477/

Analysis: Five reasons malnutrition still kills in Nepal http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97046/Analysis-Five-reasons-malnutrition-still-kills-in-Nepal 

Waiting For Customs And Trademark Reforms, EU Rights Owners Get “Proactive” Against Fakes  http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=25321&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

Howard Berman Unveils Landmark Foreign Assistance Reform Legislation  http://www.democrats.foreignaffairs.house.gov/press_display.asp?id=1010

Finally, a 2013 EU budget https://www.devex.com/en/news/79950/print

EU to join efforts with the World Bank to develop water and energy in Central Asia  http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-12-1402_en.htm?locale=en

European Unitary Patent And Court Becomes Reality  http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=25258&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

Dispatch From Sweden: Development Talks, Gender Equality, and the Nobels http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/dispatch-from-sweden-development-talks-gender-equality-and-the-nobels

SHIFTS IN AIDS RELIEF AND BEYOND  http://www.usglc.org/2012/12/13/shifts-in-aids-relief-and-beyond/

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENCOURAGES MEMBER STATES TO PLAN, PURSUE TRANSITION OF NATIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS  TOWARDS UNIVERSAL COVERAGE  http://pnhp.org/blog/2012/12/13/united-nations-passes-resolution-supporting-universal-coverage/  

The Ongoing Fight for Safety, Equality, and Health  http://www.intrahealth.org/page/the-ongoing-fight-for-safety-equality-and-health

OP-ED: Women Out Loud  http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/12/op-ed-women-out-loud/

80 Programs to Improve the Health and Lives of Women in the Developing World http://www.impatientoptimists.org/en/Posts/2012/12/An-Explosion-of-Private-Sector-Innovation-Improving-Maternal-Newborn-and-Child-Health-in-Developing-World

How Big Pharma Prevents The Poor From Accessing Life-Saving Medicines  http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/12/15/1336081/how-big-pharma-prevents-the-poor-from-accessing-life-saving-medicines/?mobile=nc 

Will innovative financing replace ODA?   https://www.devex.com/en/news/79995/print 

The year of cataclysm for the NHS http://www.nhscampaign.org/NHS-reforms/nhs-2012-review.html