Blocking trade in organs is costing lives
Throughout the world, thousands of people die while waiting for donated organs that never arrive. A 2008 paper reported that since 1999 over 30,000 people have died while waiting for a kidney...
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Oxfam shuns private health care at the expense of the poor
Knocking poor countries’ private health facilities is back on the agenda for Oxfam, who are now encouraging supporters to sign a “pledge” against private health care.read more
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Report Calls Tuberculosis 'Neglected Sister'
Authors: Philip StevensDate and timePublished date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010Teaser: Philip Stevens discusses how best to support tuberculosis patients in the developing world."The main priority for TB...
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Celebrity campaigns hide the real problems
Blog Author: Philip StevensAlthough AIDS only accounts for 5 per cent of deaths in low and middle income countries, it receives about 25 per cent of all international healthcare aid, as well as a good...
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 ArticleWhat Purpose Unitaid’s Patent Pool?
Publication date: Wednesday, June 16, 2010Teaser: This paper examines the wisdom of Unitaid's new patent pool for AIDS treatments, considering the weaknesses in the case for such a pool, the lessons...
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Wrong Tax, Wrong Disease
Authors: Eamonn ButlerDate and timePublished date: Saturday, July 31, 2010Teaser: Officials and activists (and a slightly equivocal Bill Clinton) at the recent world AIDS conference in Vienna want a...
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What 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...
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Lessons for Nigeria’s free-trade zone
Blog Author: Alec van Gelder Blog Author: Timothy CoxThe news that China and Nigeria are partnering to form a 16,500 hectare free trade zone near Lagos could be a boon for potential investors and the...
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Educating Women Saves Children, Study Finds
Authors: Philip StevensDate and timePublished date: Thursday, September 16, 2010Teaser: IPN Senior Fellow, Philip Stevens, urges caution about research that shows links education to greater longevity...
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