PEAH News Flash 374

News Flash 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

News Flash 374

 

WEBINAR SERIES: HANDBOOK ON SOCIAL PARTICIPATION FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE 

Webinar registration: How much does it cost to develop a new medicine? Public versus private investments in the TB drug bedaquiline Mar 26, 2020 04:00 PM in Zurich 

Quality: The Often Overlooked Critical Element For Assuring Access To Safe And Effective Drugs 

The Expanding Reach of the European Patent Office. Good for Health? 

OECD: Global Needs Assessment: What support do countries need for tackling governance bottlenecks in SDG implementation? Online Public Consultation Open until March 22, 2020 

“Capitalism is a disease hotspot”: Yaak Pabst interviews Monthly Review Press author Rob Wallace about the coronavirus pandemic 

Going ‘Virtual’ In Global Health – Practices Are Changing Fast – But At An Uneven Pace 

WHO: Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports 

Estimating clinical severity of COVID-19 from the transmission dynamics in Wuhan, China 

Characteristics of pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection and potential evidence for persistent fecal viral shedding 

Q&A: WHO’s Mike Ryan on how countries in crisis can prepare for a coronavirus epidemic 

Opportunities To Expand Telehealth Use Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic 

Letter from Toronto: An Infectious Diseases Specialist Reflects on COVID-19 

Why Rich Countries must Protect Developing Nations from Coronavirus Pandemic 

 COVID-19’s Impact on China’s Small and Medium-sized Businesses 

How Will COVID-19 Affect Women and Girls in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? 

Updates – African Countries With Confirmed COVID-19 Cases 

African Economies Taking Knock as COVID-19 Tightens Grip 

Why Nigeria Knows Better How to Fight Corona Than the US 

Chilean Chamber of Deputies approves resolution for compulsory licenses for patents relating to the coronavirus virus 

EU offers support to German vaccine company coveted by Trump 

Infectious Disease Experts Recommend Using Antibodies from COVID-19 Survivors as Stopgap Measure to Treat Patients and Protect Healthcare Workers 

Ethical Pandemic Control 

History in a Crisis — Lessons for Covid-19 

Nigeria struggles with largest recorded Lassa fever outbreak 

Affordable versions of hepatitis C medicine daclatasvir soon available in additional countries 

Il Rischio ed i Danni dell’Amianto nella Società, nei Media e nella Letteratura di Francesco Carnevale 

Human Rights Reader 520 

Using the debt crisis to advance donor-driven economic policies: The case of Ghana 

Why climate funds may be ‘displacing’ lifesaving aid