Health Breaking News: Link 289

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 289

 

What you need to know about the 71st WHA 

Global Health Policymakers Take Action To Improve Access To Assistive Products 

EU Set To Downgrade Political Ambition On Health Of EU Citizens 

European Congress 2018 in Kassel A different Europe is possible! Democratic, peaceful, ecological, feminist, based on solidarity. University of Kassel 5th – 7th October 

Transparency TOSSD overboard? Two major flaws with the proposed new measure of international resource flows 

WEMOS: PAYING FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE The need to pool financial resources 

LSHTM: Next Generation report 2018-2022 

China-led development bank drives tech push among BRICS nations 

The next forum for unraveling FDA off-label marketing rules: State and federal legislatures 

Fake Medicines To Be Discussed On Side Of WTO TRIPS Council Next Week 

South Africa Approves New IP Policy, With Guidance From UN Agencies 

New South African IP Policy Text Now Available 

WTO TRIPS Council: Submission of China and South Africa on Promoting Public Health Through Competition Law and Policy 

Ebola situation reports: Democratic Republic of the Congo  

It look as though Ebola lessons have been learned 

Vaccines Alone Won’t Beat Ebola 

Ebola: Fear, suspicion, and anger along Congo’s river of worry 

Cholera ‘third wave’ threatens Yemen  

Mikhail Golichenko: “HIV Epidemic in Russia is an Epidemic of Powerlessness” 

Afghanistan: Big plan, small details – how microplans ensure we can end polio 

Preventing an AMR public health crisis: it’s time to stop preaching to the converted 

Antimicrobial Resistance: Getting the balance right 

How to combat NCDs? Take a sector-wide approach 

WHO makes U-turn in taxation of sugary drinks 

EPHA: Study I Policy Principles for Sustainable Food Systems in Europe 

Human Rights Reader 449 

Away from tallying the injured and mourning the killed: The Peril of ignoring public health services in Gaza 

Save the Children report says 1.2bn children at risk  

Healthy buildings, healthier people 

Social Determinants Of Health: A Public Health Concept In Conflict  

Skewed Priorities? How Philanthropy Has Shaped Debates Over Climate Change 

How a Foundation’s Focus on Cities Made it a Leader in a Changing Environmental Movement 

World Environment Day Highlights Deadly Cost of Plastic