News Link n. 30

 

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 30

Aids, un nemico sempre in agguato: intervista con Mario Figoni   http://www.pianetaqueer.it/news/focus-h-i-v/265-aids-un-nemico-sempre-in-agguato.html

SANITÀ, INVECCHIAMENTO E NUOVE TECNOLOGIE  http://www.nelmerito.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1852&Itemid=1

Il nuovo Global Burden of Disease study: cosa c’è di nuovo?  http://www.saluteinternazionale.info/2012/12/il-nuovo-global-burden-of-disease-study-cosa-ce-di-nuovo/

Emerging economies drive frugal innovation  http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/1/13-020113/en/index.html

Effect of vitamin A supplementation on cause-specific mortality in women of reproductive age in Ghana: a secondary analysis from the ObaapaVitA trial http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/1/11-100412-ab/en/index.html

First new tuberculosis drug for 50 years – works on drug-resistant forms of the disease  http://www.msfaccess.org/about-us/media-room/press-releases/first-new-tuberculosis-drug-50-years-%E2%80%93-works-drug-resistant-forms

At Europe’s Doorstep, Fierce War Against TB  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324660404578201593636497964.html

Editorial, Opinion Pieces Address Effects Of Health Worker Murders In Pakistan On Polio Eradication  http://globalhealth.kff.org/Daily-Reports/2013/January/04/GH-010413-Opinion-Polio-In-Pakistan.aspx

Taking Calls on Abortion, and Risks, in Chile  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/world/americas/in-chile-abortion-hot-line-is-in-legal-gray-area.html?_r=0

Thai-EU FTA Raises Alarm for People With AIDS   http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/12/thai-eu-fta-raises-alarm-for-people-with-aids/  

In China, Grass-Roots Groups Take On H.I.V./AIDS Outreach Work  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/world/asia/chinese-groups-slowly-carve-out-space-in-work-against-hiv-aids.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0 

Global development podcast transcript: hopes and fears for 2013  http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/dec/28/global-development-podcast-2013-transcript 

Renowned US doctor appointed to support UN efforts to eliminate cholera in Haiti http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43853&Cr=haiti&Cr1=cholera#.UOhUC2_8Lie

Q&A with Eric Goosby, US Global AIDS Coordinator  http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/global-pulse/qa-eric-goosby-us-global-aids-coordinator

Transforming Health with Mobile Technology   http://www.impatientoptimists.org/en/Posts/2012/12/Transforming-Health-with-Mobile-Technology

Efforts To Eliminate FGM ‘Breaking New Ground’ With Approval Of U.N. General Assembly Resolution http://globalhealth.kff.org/Daily-Reports/2012/December/21/GH-122112- Opinion-FGM-Resolution.aspx 

Myanmar eyes microfinance, private sector development   https://www.devex.com/en/news/80050/print 

Collaborative Capacity Building In Intellectual Property: Leveraging On African Diaspora Exchange  http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=25523&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

US aid policy under John Kerry: Expect few changes   https://www.devex.com/en/news/80027/print 

Most-Read IP-Watch Stories Of 2012: India Pharma, Europe, ACTA, WIPO Technical Assistance, Gene Patents  http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=25510&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts