News Link n. 51

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 51

66th World Health Assembly: 5 takeaways

World Health Assembly: IP Considerations Play Key Role In Final Outcomes 

U.N. High-Level Panel Releases Final Report On Post-2015 Development Agenda, Calls For Ending Extreme Poverty By 2030 

Assessing Population Aging and Disability in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Malawi?

Science should focus on ‘new’ environmental health risks, EU report says 

MDG Report 2013: Assessing progress in Africa toward the Millennium Development Goals  

PEPFAR: Drug supply chains are stronger, but more steps are needed to reduce risks 

Health groups dismayed by news ‘big tobacco’ funded rightwing thinktanks 

Is there a role for the G8 in helping developing countries raise tax revenues?  

Technical Note: The LDC TRIPS Transition Extension and the Question of Rollback 

The UN and the World Bank: Rare co-operation

Global Fund: New Approach to Funding – a “Striking Change”

HIV laws in Asia-Pacific lack teeth – UNDP

Food Culture Clash: EU, US Conflicting Concepts For GIs; Both Covet Asian Market 

Civil Society Observer At UPOV Gets A Public Face 

Bill Gates urges more aid from China

Asian Development Blog: What comes after the MDGs?

100 years on, Rockefeller Foundation still promotes ‘the well-being of mankind’ 

Generation MDGs: How Youth are Pushing to Reach the MDGs and Shaping the Post-2015 

Diabetes in India rising, with women at a particular disadvantage

The global impact of indian generics on access to health

India has developed a low-cost rotavirus diarrhea virus vaccine that could save lives of lakh of children 

Bringing Health to World’s Poor Goes Beyond Drug Price

Reshaping the fight against poverty  

UNITAID LAUNCHES CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR NEXT ROUND OF FUNDING