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In early 2011, a CIA-recruited Pakistani doctor, Shakil Afridi, entered Osama Bin Laden’s compound posing as a Hepatitis B vaccination worker. His real intention was to gather samples of the Bin Laden family’s DNA to aid the CIA in locating … Continue reading →

Report by Shila Kaur Tuesday 20 May 2014 At the World Health Assembly, Geneva, 19 – 24 May 2014, the delegations of the UK, Netherlands, Turkey and Ghana jointly convened a side event on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) on Tuesday 20 … Continue reading →

March 14, 2014 Provisional agenda item. Act now – the need for global action – read the complete report here

May 20, 2014, the Third World Network (TWN) Info Service on Health Issues published detailed information outlining reasons for concerns about the conflict of interest involved in the WHO’s norms and standard-setting related to medicines due to the involvement of the … Continue reading →

This set of comments, prepared by the People’s Health Movement, is presented as a contribution to Member State deliberation during the 67th World Health Assembly. PHM is committed to a stronger WHO, adequately resourced, with appropriate powers and playing the leading … Continue reading →

Clem Boughton MJA Insight Monday, 19 May, 2014 In medicine, often one picture can be more convincing than a thousand words. How many members of our community, let alone doctors, have seen a 12-year-old boy in a tetanic spasm, with … Continue reading →

Times of India April 27, 2014 The [Indian] government has received support from an unexpected quarter in its battle against the US on the intellectual property (IP) regime.  Amid an uproar for action against India by Big Pharma, American drug … Continue reading →

The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) first worldwide report into antimicrobial resistance has found the problem is no longer just a serious prediction for the future, but is happening now. The report is the beginning of a global effort by the WHO … Continue reading →

Will the United States start a smallpox threat creation program? Edward Hammond With the WHA-approved smallpox research program effectively exhausted, the time has come for the US and Russia to finally do what they and the other WHO Member States … Continue reading →

We must learn from the HIV epidemic and ensure that affordable prices are in place so that the millions with hepatitis C infection can get new drugs that appear to be a cure. The leader of the pack is Gilead’s sofosbuvir, … Continue reading →