Combating fake medicines: health, IP and global politics
Event Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 12:15 - 14:15Teaser: Issues such as intellectual property rights have prevented action in tackling the global menace of counterfeit and substandard...
View ArticleThe new boom in malaria
Authors: Philip StevensDate and timePublished date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010Teaser: The outlook for malaria remains poor because of fake drugs and bad governanceNext Sunday is World Malaria Day and...
View ArticleKilling the malaria killer
Authors: Richard TrenDipo SalominuDate and timePublished date: Sunday, April 25, 2010Teaser: On World Malaria Day, activists and governments discuss many weapons against the disease except one of the...
View ArticleThe new boom in malaria
Authors: Philip StevensDate and timePublished date: Sunday, April 25, 2010Teaser: World Malaria Day, 25 April - The biggest threat is the rise of drug-resistant parasites due to fake and sub-standard...
View ArticleAnti-malaria programmes need the freedom to fight effectively
To help tackle malaria in Nigeria, a 6-monthly programme of Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) will commence, according to Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris. He notes that malaria is responsible for...
View ArticleClimate change is a distraction from the real issues
Blog Author: Caroline BoinMalaria experts say that "Climate change is, in our view, an unwelcome distraction from the main issues." Hopefully it won’t be long before we can say the same about food,...
View ArticleProducing Medicines for Chronic Diseases in Less Developed Countries
Publication date: Thursday, June 10, 2010Teaser: The HIV / AIDS crisis bears a number of clinical and practical similarities to the new challenge of producing drugs to treating chronic disease in...
View ArticleMosquito nets can't cure malaria
Date and timePublished date: Thursday, July 8, 2010Teaser: I wish Cheryl Cole a speedy recovery, and hope she'll consider using her fame to support truly effective ways of tackling malaria.When TV...
View ArticleWhat do AIDS activists want more money for?
Authors: Roger EnglandDate and timePublished date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010Teaser: UNAIDS has inflated its HIV/AIDS figures for years and now claims the natural decline of AIDS as a victory (it started...
View ArticleThe EU's Nasty Bite
Publication date: Thursday, January 8, 2009Teaser: This study discusses the potential consequences of new EU regulations that prohibit production of certain chemicals used in the manufacture of...
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