Health Breaking News: Link 280

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 280

 

EVENT: The humanitarian #MeToo moment – where do we go from here? 

Caring for the chronically ill in Bangladesh’s Rohingya camps 

Aid and Migration: externalisation of Europe’s responsibilities – New Report

Institutionalization Will Not Solve the U.S. Gun Problem 

US ‘regressive’ stance at CSW dominates UN’s largest meeting on women  

TB, LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUALITY 

Rehabilitation programme in Tajikistan builds towards universal health coverage 

Top Tanzanian Health Officials in Firing Line for Drug Delays 

Leading the charge against fake medicine, Africa’s silent killer 

James Griffin, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Novartis failure to disclose NIH funding for patents on leukemia drug midostaurin (Trade name Rydapt)

Strengthening systems to prevent antimicrobial resistance: Results from the West Bank, Uganda, and Georgia Wednesday, March 28th, 9:00-10:00 am EST (Washington, D.C.) 

The fight against antibiotic resistance must not be confined to the rich world

USAID ASSIST Legacy Webinar Series 

Call for papers for new series in Harm Reduction Journal: The state of harm reduction in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 

PROGRAMME TO ELIMINATE HEPATITIS C IN GEORGIA NEEDS TO INCLUDE AN HIV TEST 

Scientists warn 90% of hepatitis B sufferers remain unaware of silent killer 

UNAIDS: All-staff update on 25th CROI (2018) 21 March 2018 

India’s neglected tropical diseases 

Are the London Declaration’s 2020 goals sufficient to control Chagas disease?: Modeling scenarios for the Yucatan Peninsula 

WHO:  “Wanted: Leaders for a TB-free world” 

Governments still not doing enough to scale up access to newer TB drugs 

Time for high-burden countries to lead the tuberculosis research agenda 

A Mighty Grant: With Modest Support, This Environmental Group Achieved Big Changes 

Does Deforestation Increase Malaria Prevalence? Evidence from Satellite Data and Health Surveys – Working Paper 480 

Foresters too silent on tech advances 

The Future of Public Development Banks: questions and answers from the webinar 

Ethiopia’s HRH Strategy: Will the ‘flooding’ strategy go down the drain? 

African Leaders Launch Continental Free Trade Area 

Africa free-trade treaty now set for Parliament approval 

Food insecurity on the rise 

Conflicts Force Up Global Hunger Levels