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Health Action International (HAI) invites you to participate in a global survey of patient prices of insulin. This survey is part of a project entitled Addressing the Challenge and Constraints of Insulin Sources and Supply ( ‘ACCISS Study’). The project … Continue reading →

The Transpacific Partnership: is it bad for your health? The New England Journal of Medicines June 10, 2015 Amy Kapczynski, J.D. International trade deals once focused primarily on tariffs. As a result, they had little direct effect on health, and health experts … Continue reading →

Information supplied by the Third World Network, Penang Malaysia. The World Health Assembly is meeting in Geneva between May 16 and 26 2015. The Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Margaret Chan has invited the private sector, … Continue reading →

HAIAP Network Partner HANDS has responded with assistance for Nepal after the massive earthquake on April 25. Introduction of HANDS Disaster Management Program: Disaster management aims to reduce, or avoid the potential losses from hazards, assure prompt and appropriate assistance … Continue reading →

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Economics Laureate – The New York Times Published on 2 February 2015 at https://www.transcend.org/tms/?p=53353 30 Jan 2015 – A secretive group met behind closed doors in New York this week. What they decided may lead to … Continue reading →

Alice Fabbri explains why PHM watches the WHO PHM follows closely the work of WHO, both through the Secretariat and the Governing Bodies. A team of PHM volunteers is attending the current EB meeting (both the Special Session on Ebola … Continue reading →

Universal healthcare is often presented as an idealistic goal that remains out of reach for all but the richest nations. That’s not the case, writes Amartya Sen. Look at what has been achieved in Rwanda, Thailand and Bangladesh. For the … Continue reading →

The Lancet Volume 385, No. 9963, p100, 10 January 2015 When the 34 members of WHO’s Executive Board gather in Geneva on Jan 25—first, for a special session on the response to the Ebola outbreak and, second, for its 136th meeting—countries … Continue reading →

SAKARA along with Drug Action Forum – Karnataka (DAF-K) – have come together to promote the concept of use of generic medicines through the performance of Yagshagana – a theatre form that combines dance, music, dialogue, costume, make-up and stage … Continue reading →

21 – 23 November 2014, Penang, Malaysia Shila Kaur ReAct South East Asia (ReAct SEA) recently brought together 35 participants from the region to a meeting in Penang, to discuss community, health and policy interventions to manage and control antibiotic resistance … Continue reading →