Health Breaking News: Link 266

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 266

 

2017’s Word Of The Year In Health Law And Bioethics: Uncertainty 

40 NGOs call on the EU to take action to curb corruption  

In Italy’s refugee centers, NGOs struggle to speak up about corruption 

Life in the camps: the Rohingya crisis 

MSF estimates more than 6,700 Rohingya killed in Myanmar 

Diphtheria in Bangladesh Rohingya camps expected to double every few days 

Scholars at Risk Network 2018 Global Congress April 23 – 26, 2018 Freie Universität Berlin, Germany 

Questioning the Role of Bitcoin for Financial Inclusion 

Can blockchain bridge the economic divide for the developing world? 

Emmanuel Macron says the world is losing the fight against climate change: ‘We’re not moving quick enough’ 

What you need to know about the One Planet climate summit 

How the United States Can Remain Engaged in International Climate Finance 

How Did This Grantmaker Help Reduce Homelessness by 98 Percent? 

Human Rights Reader 430 

Policy Cures G Finder Report 2017: Neglected Disease Research and Development 

Welcome to the G-Finder Public Search Tool 

What is universal health coverage? 

Opinion: 5 ways to make progress towards universal health coverage 

Better Decisions, Better Health: Practical Experiences Supporting UHC from around the World 

Association between infrastructure and observed quality of care in 4 healthcare services: A cross-sectional study of 4,300 facilities in 8 countries 

Sizing Up Health Commodity Markets in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Take One 

SCP27: KEI statement on pressures faced by Brazil and Colombia in using TRIPS flexibilities 

WHO, World Bank Say Half The World Population Cannot Access Essential Health Services 

Medicines Patent Pool Expands Its Patent Database To Cancer Treatments 

Will New FDA Regulation On IRB Review Speed Patient Access To Experimental Drugs? 

Three-quarters of antibiotics are used on animals. Here’s why that’s a major problem 

Malaria: News from Consortium for Health Action 

The end of HIV: Still a very long way to go, but progress continues 

Brazil Fights H.I.V. Spike in Youths With Free Preventive Drug 

UN health agency launches first global monitoring system for dementia 

EU and Gates Foundation pledge €500 million for innovations in agriculture 

Deaths from window blinds show need for cord ban, study says