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8 reasons why Oxfam supports the International Women’s Strike on the 8th March 

How the legal system is failing to protect women and girls from sexual violence 

Over 100 Years Later, International Women’s Day Is Still About Labor 

Economically empowering women is ‘macrocritical’ — IMF chief Christine Lagarde 

Time for a disruptive financing model for the Global Fund? 

The Immigration Ban And The Physician Workforce 

Examining The House Republican ACA Repeal And Replace Legislation 

ACA Repeal Would Mean Massive Cuts To Public Health, Leaving Cities And States At Risk 

The Social Costs Of Repealing The ACA 

8 March 2017 – Human Rights Council’s Access to Medicines panel set to discuss Report of UN HLP 

Main Recommendations Of UN High-Level Panel On Access To Medicines Presented At WTO 

MSF statement at Human Rights Council panel discussion on the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines 

R&D Costs For Pharmaceutical Companies Do Not Explain Elevated US Drug Prices  

Gilead exec lashes out at PBMs, points to hidden role in drug price increases 

David vs. Goliath? Maybe. But This Funder is Determined to Fight Big Pharma 

WHO: Public health round-up 

An antibiotic’s journey from marketing authorization to use, Norway 

Medicines for children: flexible solid oral formulations 

How universal is coverage and access to diagnosis and treatment for Chagas disease in Colombia? A health systems analysis 

R&D Status February 2017: DNDi Chagas disease programme 

Malaria parasites make human hosts attract mosquitoes 

World TB Day, 24 March 2017 

National polio immunization campaign reaches five million children in Yemen as conflict intensifies 

From Animosity to Murder: the Spectrum of Workplace Violence against Physicians

Famine warning signs were clear – so why are 20 million lives now at risk? 

WHO chief: Air pollution link to 600,000 deaths in children 

What does air pollution do to our bodies? 

Unitary patent expected this year, despite Brexit 

CSO recommendations on the PSI reform 

Rete Sostenibilità e Salute: Manifesto per la creazione di un fronte comune per la difesa del Sistema Sanitario Nazionale