Health Breaking News: Link 267

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 267

 

Ten Silver Linings in 2017 

Looking Forward: Development in 2018 – CGD Podcast 

Heading for a not so Grand Convergence 

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Forum 12 – 15 December 2017 

UHC Forum: Dreams of health for all or slogans detached from reality?  

Global trade conference ends without progress 

WTO Ministerial: In Landmark Move, Country Coalitions Set Plans to Advance on New Issues 

Ministerial Conference Eleventh Session Buenos Aires, 10-13 December 2017 Original: English TRIPS NON-VIOLATION AND SITUATION COMPLAINTS DRAFT MINISTERIAL DECISION OF 13 DECEMBER 2017 

Financing for Development: What can be achieved at the 2018 FfD Forum? 

Multiannual Financial Framework : Making the case for a strong EU development cooperation budget 

After the bitcoin gold rush: Could blockchain change the way we give money to charity? 

Tracking the career development of scientists in low- and middle-income countries trained through TDR’s research capacity strengthening programmes: Learning from monitoring and impact evaluation 

‘Drugs are too expensive for the NHS – and people are paying with their lives’ 

Nigeria fake drugs: ‘My patient woke up mid-surgery 

DNDi: 2017 in Review 

MSF challenges Gilead’s patent application for hepatitis C combination treatment in China, to bring down prices 

Drug resistance and treatment failure in leishmaniasis: A 21st century challenge 

Pinprick test designed for Ebola heads for field trial 

UNITAID Call for Proposals: Catalyzing the market introduction of next-generation, long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) 

Call: MRC/DFID African Research Leader scheme 2018 

Surrogate endpoints in global health research: searching for silver bullets? 

Are actions out-of-step to control the ‘tsunami’ of NCDs? 

Heat-not-burn tobacco product use in Japan: its prevalence, predictors and perceived symptoms from exposure to secondhand heat-not-burn tobacco aerosol 

To Address the Opioid Crisis, Build A Comprehensive National Framework 

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

Almost 100 million people a year ‘forced to choose between food and healthcare’  

New data gateway helps developing countries collect crucial information 

Production Diversity, Diet Diversity and Nutrition in Sub -Saharan Africa 

Changing Men: How a Nonprofit and Its Funders Are Looking Upstream to Fight Sexual Abuse 

A Woman’s Voice for Women at the U.N. Agency for Reproductive Rights 

At The Prospect Of Delivering A Child With A Genetic Disorder, Poorer Women May Have Less Information and Fewer Choices 

Rise of Teenage Pregnancy Deters Development Goals 

Canada G7 Presidency to Focus on Women, Gender Equality: Trudeau 

THE MEDICINES PATENT POOL GOVERNANCE BOARD ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP AT THE FOUNDATION: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GREG PERRY RESIGNS TO PURSUE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES 

Former Medicines Patent Pool Head Greg Perry Joins Pharmaceutical Industry