News Link n. 16

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.

 

-Announcement of improved harvest forecast for Sahel region: Good news but governments and UN should not take the foot off the gas | Oxfam International  http://oxf.am/JrQ

-AusAID to boost funding for health innovation research http://www.scidev.net/en/health/news/ausaid-to-boost-funding-for-health-innovation-research.html

-APEC Leaders Discuss Food Security  http://globalhealth.kff.org/Daily-Reports/2012/September/10/GH-091012-APEC-Food-Security.aspx#.UE9Geo3Qr2A.email

-Call to Action: EU Leadership on Global Health R&D Convention | msfaccess.org  http://www.msfaccess.org/content/call-action-eu-leadership-global-health-rd-convention#.UE9F4YCWLcM.email

-Members of Congress and Governors backing PhRMA/BIO, calling for 12 years data protection for biologic drugs in TPP http://keionline.org/node/1544

-Data on Chinese patent applications and grants suggests growing gap between political rhetoric and current realities http://keionline.org/node/1543

-TPP IP text would restore right to sue surgeons and other medical professionals for patent infringement. Why?  http://keionline.org/node/1514

-IRIN Africa | HEALTH: Global South leads the way towards universal healthcare coverage | Ghana | Kenya http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96280/HEALTH-Global-South-leads-the-way-t…

-Delhi High Court dismisses Roche’s patent suit against Cipla – Economic Times http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/healthcare/bio…

-A ‘STEP FORWARD’ FOR A HUMANITARIAN PLAN IN SUDAN?  http://www.devex.com/en/news/blogs/a-step-forward-in-aid-access-in-khartoum

-An Alternative Framework for Analyzing Financial Protection in Health   http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001294

-Global Fund Must Resolve Leadership, Governance Issues By End Of 2012 http://globalhealth.kff.org/Daily-Reports/2012/September/07/GH-090712-Op…

-U.S. Commitment To Foreign Assistance, Global Health To Rise Or Fall With Presidential Election Outcome http://globalhealth.kff.org/Daily-Reports/2012/September/05/GH-090512-Op…

-Al Jazeera Program Interviews Bill And Melinda Gates  http://globalhealth.kff.org/Daily-Reports/2012/September/04/GH-090412-Gates-Al-Jazeera.aspx#.UEc1LPUIaqU.email

-VOA Examines Global Polio Eradication Efforts http://globalhealth.kff.org/Daily-Reports/2012/September/04/GH-090412-Gl…

-Barroso: what EU federation would mean for aid, development  www.devex.com/en/news/79116/print