Health Breaking News: Link 240

Health Breaking News Links, as part of the research project PEAH (Policies for Equitable Access to Health), aim to focus on the latest challenges by trade and governments rules to equitable access to health in resource-limited settings

Health Breaking News: Link 240

 

Ethiopian Becomes First African Head Of World Health Organization 

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus biography 

Tedros Warms Up To Press In First Meeting, Sees Clear Mandate In “Landslide” Victory 

Live webcast from Seventieth World Health Assembly (WHA70) 

World Health Assembly 70: A Spectator’s Guide 

Chan’s Last Speech To WHA Opening: Affordable Medicines, Innovation, Listen To Civil Society, Partner With Industry 

Expanding Access To Medicines: What Role For Transparency? 

Slew Of Side Events At World Health Assembly: Focus On Health Security, SDGs 

Antimicrobial Resistance Needs New R&D Models, NGOs Say 

New drug industry alliance will tackle antibiotic resistance 

WHA70 – Side Event on Addressing Access Barriers and Affordability Challenges for Cancer Drugs – 24 May 2017 

Partnership For Healthy Cities To Prevent Noncommunicable Diseases 

Health Insurance Benefits Should Be Equitable, Not Necessarily Equal 

Ex-President, New Philanthropist: A First Look at Obama Giving 

Trump Budget Proposes Big Health Cuts 

Leaked US budget document suggests deep humanitarian, global health cuts

Opinion: ‘America First’ doesn’t work in foreign aid 

UNPO Announces European Parliament Conference: The Guarani-Kaiowá and the Assault on Indigenous Rights in Brazil: 30 May 2017 | 14:00 – 18:00 Room A5G-1 – European Parliament, Brussels  

Indigenous Australians Win Decades-Long Land Rights Battle 

Agriculture gets a strong presence in Bonn climate talks 

Industrial animal farming undermines global health goals, experts warn 

Human Rights Reader 414 

Education Spells Freedom By Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) 

Measuring personal beliefs and perceived norms about intimate partner violence: Population-based survey experiment in rural Uganda 

Q&A with Faustina Fynn-Nyame: An Unwavering Champion for Women’s Health 

China and India Make Big Strides on Climate Change 

World Oceans Day 8 June 2017 

Beyond The Obvious – Direct And Indirect Territorial Coverage Of MPP/ViiV Voluntary License For Dolutegravir 

An open source pharma roadmap 

#AfricaDay2017 – The Rise of a United States of Africa 

Experts race against clock to quell Ebola outbreak in remote DR Congo province – UN 

Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic? – CGD Podcast 

Humanitarians alarmed by rapid spread of cholera in Yemen 

MSF: Open letter to Ministers of Trade from Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement signatories meeting in Hanoi on 20-21 May 2017