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Global Goals can ‘propel us toward a better future for all on a healthy planet,’ Ban says on UN Day 

Ready for a paradigm shift in global health? 

EPWG statement supporting recommendations of the UN High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines report 

Choosing trade over aid 

Domestic Policies for Trade to Uphold the Right to Health 

Canada cautious on CETA deal breakthrough 

Ceta debacle heralds a period of disintegration for the EU 

US, India Trade Ministers Agree List Of IP Enforcement Actions For India, USTR Says 

The role of trade policy reform in advancing the 2030 Agenda 

Histories of medical lobbying 

Social Science Insights To Advance A Culture Of Health 

Human Rights Reader 398 

India’s war on the sex selection drugs linked to stillbirths 

Persons with disabilities must benefit from — and contribute to — development, says UN expert 

6 tips for designing programs to better serve girls 

The FDA’s Controversial Duchenne Drug Approval And The Moral Impulse To Rescue 

The Health Care Payment Learning And Action Network: Supporting Effective Action On Alternative Payment Models 

Between Quick Wins And Long Roads Ahead On Antimicrobial Resistance 

Global report on access to hepatitis C treatment – Focus on overcoming barriers 

Over 1 million treated with highly effective hepatitis C medicines 

Knowledge for Change: webinar series to educate on relevant topics within viral hepatitis 

Gates Foundation shapes investments to ‘accelerate to zero’ on malaria 

47th Union World Conference on Lung Health: Even “free” TB treatment can come with catastrophic costs 

Global health experts call on India for greater efforts to deal with TB  

A water-chilled coolbox gets vaccines on tap to the world’s poorest 

Mosquitos to be infected with bacteria in fight against Zika virus 

Follow the Numbers: A Deep-Pocketed Funder Brings More Data to NGOs in Africa 

Sofia seeks to headquarter European Medicines Agency 

The Guardian view on climate change: good news – but not yet good enough 

Deal struck for world’s biggest marine reserve in Antarctica