Month: September 2014

Latest News Links is 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 real-time news and the best options for use of trade and government rules related to public health by resource-limited countries

 

Latest News: Link 112

Trading away access to medicines – revisited: How the European trade agenda continues to undermine access to medicines   

Gilead Monopoly Prevails Over Non-Discriminatory Access As Debated Hepatitis C Deal Sets Off  

European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommends approval of Harvoni, Gilead’s all oral HCV combination product 

LDCs and TRIPS: Overcoming challenges, seeking solutions 

The Role of Research and Innovation in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Helen Clark: Use your voice to create #globaldev solutions 

At UN General Assembly, global health projects are big business 

World Leaders Outline Plans to Tackle Climate Change 

Leaders at UN summit take steps to ensure food security for 9 billion people by 2050  

OPINION: Step Up Efforts Against Hunger 

Economic impact of Ebola shrouded in mystery 

Aversion Behavior Exacerbates the Economic Impact of Ebola 

CDC vs Médecins Sans Frontières on Ebola: Is the Perfect the Enemy of the Good?  

President Obama Announces New Actions To Strengthen Global Resilience To Climate Change And Launches Partnerships To Cut Carbon Pollution  

World Bank Leads Push to Set Price on Carbon Emissions 

Australia can quit coal without adverse effects on economy, says Jeffrey Sachs report   

UK to tackle deforestation in developing countries 

Resilience planning – some do’s and don’ts 

How Can We Fight the Pandemic of Global Violence against Women? 

The PLOS “Monitoring Universal Health Coverage” Collection: Managing Expectations 

WHO Essential Medicines Policies and Use in Developing and Transitional Countries 

Financial Risk Protection and Universal Health Coverage: Evidence and Measurement Challenges 

The Medicines Patent Pool Adds New Sub-Licensing Agreements to Improve Access to Novel ARVs in Developing Countries 

Open letter to Janssen on reducing the price of bedaquiline  

Interview with IFPMA President, Dr Lechleiter on ‘What’s an innovation ecosystem from an industry perspective’ 

Sugar substitutes linked to obesity  

 

Latest News Links is 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 real-time news and the best options for use of trade and government rules related to public health by resource-limited countries

 

Latest News: Link 111

General Assembly adopts resolution on SDGs report

Ban Ki Moon: Tell the UN to Put an End to Tax Abuse 

A Healthy Dose of Good News in Global Health 

Greater flexibilities, policy space needed to meet post-2015 goals 

Harnessing trade as a development tool in the post-2015 framework

We’re not always at loggerheads with innovator companies: Denis Broun 

The Gilead HCV license: Glass half empty, or half full?

Govt set to revise patent norms for pharma 

News from the Medicines Patent Pool   

Johnson & Johnson Announces New Grant to Harvard Medical School to Combat Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis 

What’s next for the Global Partnership for Education?   

When The Well Runs Dry: The Currency Of Water 

“We Are Running Out of Time” – A Letter from the Front Lines of Ebola

EAC-EU EPA deal in sight with deadline for conclusion looming 

ICTSD at the 2014 WTO Public Forum  

Globalization has led us to a profound dehumanization in the world 

WTO upside down – trade facilitation vs agriculture

Can Jim Kim’s scientific ways help the World Bank end poverty? 

To End Poverty, Act on Climate  

Study: Education and health spending compromised by climate change 

Want PPPs to work? Let civil society, private sector make decisions too 

Experts Look At The Meaning Of Myriad Case, One Year Later 

Relative Value Health Insurance And Pay For Performance For Insurers: Complements, Not Substitutes 

 

Latest News Links is 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 real-time news and the best options for use of trade and government rules related to public health by resource-limited countries

 

Latest News: Link 110

Commission opposes European Citizens’ Initiative against TTIP 

Juncker puts Europe’s security at risk by promoting profit over public health  

Germany’s 2015 budget leaves overseas aid ‘by the wayside’ 

The WIPO Development Agenda+10 and beyond 

Economic crisis, health systems and health in Europe: impact and implications for policy 

Think and Act Globally: Health Affairs’ September Issue 

Glitch in health care law allows employers to offer substandard insurance 

When growth outpaces development   

World Bank Group’s billion dollar private sector health initiative in Africa is failing to reach the poor 

Tax systems in Latin America and the Caribbean work for the benefit of the elites  

Three Illicit Flows Targets for the Post-2015 Framework   

Qual è la posizione italiana sugli SDGs e sul post 2015?  

La salute al centro dell’agenda post 2015   

Health Systems through Conflict and Recovery: an introduction to a two-week April 2015  intensive course, held at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy  

Mandatory Licences Allow Greater Access To Medicines In Ecuador  

Dream Come True: CGD Forest Work in the NYT 

UN climate change envoy: “Business as usual with a bit of green won’t get us there”  

The climate: biggest loser of the new Commission? 

Genetically Engineered Crops: Key to Climate Adaptation and Food Security in Africa?  

Land Grabbing in Africa, the new colonialism  

Four reasons why Modi’s toilet obsession is good for India

The Effect of India’s Total Sanitation Campaign on Defecation Behaviors and Child Health in Rural Madhya Pradesh: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Scaling up Rural Sanitation in India 

The Gambia passes bill imposing life sentences for some homosexual acts 

From Intense Rejection to Advocacy: How Muslim Clerics Were Engaged in a Polio Eradication Initiative in Northern Nigeria

 

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 109

Negotiators struggle to find benefits for public health in TTIP

Health concerns raised over EU—US trade deal 

WHO: Fight Ebola Now, Solve Patent Issues Later 

Glaxo Up on Accelerated Ebola Vaccine Development Process 

WHO Health Specialists Meeting To Evaluate Potential Ebola Therapies and Vaccines  

What’s missing in the Ebola fight in West Africa 

Is the Ebola outbreak out of control? Perhaps, but the more important question is, what can we, Africans, already do ourselves to roll back Ebola? 

Mistrust of government spurs Ebola spread 

Who is EU’s new foreign policy chief?  

The true true size of Africa  

Africans’ Land Rights At Risk As New Agricultural Trend Sweeps Continent  

Honest Accounts? The true story of Africa’s billion dollar losses 

How to Wisely Give Humanitarian Aid 

The Post-2015 Development Goals Need to Address Migration—And It Looks Like They Just Might  

What Is the Future of USAID’s Global Development Lab? An Interview with Alex Dehgan  

DFID: New international development funding finder 

Kenya passes law to step up fight against human trafficking 

Higher profile for climate change in new SDGs  

A Climate Change Agreement Is a Global Health Agreement   

Large-scale partnerships with the private sector could undermine Africans’ land rights, drive inequality and damage the environment

Hepatitis C drug daclatasvir approved by European Commission  

Maximising international finance for development in the poorest and most vulnerable countries  

Modi’s industry conference in US to attract pharma, IT players 

India’s IP Policy On Stage As New Leader Heads To US 

HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS HAVE A COMPROMISE WITH THEIR HOMELAND, ARE MARRIED TO ITS PROBLEMS AND ARE DIVORCED FROM ITS WEALTH. (I. PEREYRA) 

 

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 108

WHO, 28 August 2014: Ebola response roadmap

Ebola outbreak: WHO warns that virus could infect 20,000 

The 2014 Ebola outbreak: ethical use of unregistered interventions 

What is Africa’s ODA spent on?

How to Sustain the AfDB’s Progress after Kaberuka  

ADB President Commits to Partnering With India in Reigniting Growth and Reducing Poverty  

Who’s Next as the Top Cop at the Global Fund? 

IFPMA and IFRC: A nontraditional partnership 

Civil society gathers at UN to help shape new vision for global development, prosperity 

United Nations’ “REVIEW OF MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION IN THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO)”    

The five biggest myths surrounding overseas aid 

Can China’s New Development Bank Succeed? 

China beats bad image with big aid to Africa 

Taking China’s health professional education into the future 

China enters the global vaccine market

The Global Vaccine Safety Initiative: enhancing vaccine pharmacovigilance capacity at country level 

Médecins Sans Frontières Warns About IP Inclusion In Asian FTA

U.S. $2 a Day Poverty in a Global Context: Five Questions Answered  

Exhibit Of The Month: Income-Related Disparities Associated With Negative Health Outcomes  

Is the world falling apart? 

28 agosto 2014: in vigore la nuova legge sulla cooperazione 

Childhood diarrhoeal deaths in seven low- and middle-income countries  

US weighs international climate action options