News Link n. 65

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.

 

News Link 65

WHAT DOES THE SHUTDOWN MEAN FOR PATENTS?

How a Government Shut Down Would Affect the United Nations  

I Repubblicani contro la riforma di Obama

LA GIORNATA MONDIALE DELL’ALIMENTAZIONE  (16 ottobre 2013)

Nagoya Protocol Halfway To Required Number Of Accessions

Global Knowledge platform launched to galvanize women’s economic empowerment

EU countries urged to invest in reducing health inequalities

Food and drink firms urged to crack down on sugar ‘land grabs’

Is The Global Fund Really Worth $5 Billion?

Africa’s Mineral Wealth Can Be a Springboard for Development

5 ways for NGOs to get smarter about private-sector engagement

Making All Voices Count – promising new initiative (and source of funding) 

Donor funding for HIV and AIDS grew marginally in 2012

Infographic: Carbon Markets of the World

CUAMM, Milano 16 novembre 2013: Prima le mamme e I bambini

WIPO Annual Assembly Breaks Down; Extraordinary Meeting Eyed For December 

Health rights in the post-2015 development agenda: including non-nationals

Push to tackle corruption in post-2015 agenda 

Hospital payment systems based on diagnosis-related groups: experiences in low- and middle-income countries

Towards a framework convention on global health

Governments in Trans-Pacific trade deal urged to reject political trade-offs harmful to access to medicines 

Positive signs for malaria vaccine based on GM parasite