Delhi Drowns In Smog while Rural Punjab Farmers Burn Rice Stubble As Subsidies Discourage Alternative Crops 17/11/2023 Chetan Bhattacharji In the worst week of air pollution in the Indian capital this winter, rural farm fires on average contributed to 25% of urban pollution concentrations. Hundreds of kilometres to the north, Punjab, the main source of the pollution, had missed a government-declared target to halve the number of seasonal crop stubble fires – although progress […] Continue reading -> WHO is an Essential Forum for Debates on Intellectual Property and Public Health 17/11/2023 Ellen 't Hoen Health Policy Watch recently reported that some European countries at the World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Agreement negotiations maintain that intellectual property (IP) negotiations belong at the World Trade Organization (WTO) rather than the WHO. If they mean to say that new WTO laws cannot be established at the WHO, they have a point. But […] Continue reading -> COP28 SOS: Nations Are Only Taking ‘Baby Steps’ To Avert Climate Crisis 16/11/2023 Chetan Bhattacharji With a fortnight to go before the start of the annual global climate conference, COP28, countries have – by their own admission – made insufficient progress in reducing carbon emissions. This is according to a report on countries’ nationally determined contributions (NDCs) or goals they’ve set for themselves, released this week by the UN Framework […] Continue reading -> ‘Remarkable Reversal’ of Same-Sex Criminalisation Enables Progress Against HIV 16/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Two-thirds of countries no longer criminalise consensual same-sex sex, a “remarkable reversal” since the start of the AIDS pandemic that has enabled global progress against the spread of HIV. This is a key finding of Progress and the Peril, a report on HIV and decriminalisation released this week by Georgetown University’s Global HIV Policy Lab. […] Continue reading -> Climate Crisis Threatens Human Health with ‘Dangerous Future’, Lancet Report Warns 15/11/2023 Stefan Anderson A new report from the Lancet Countdown, an annual assessment of progress toward the climate targets of the 2015 Paris Agreement, paints a grim picture of the escalating health risks associated with a warming planet. The report, compiled by an international consortium of 114 scientists, health experts, and researchers, warns that the world is on […] Continue reading -> Israeli Troops Enter Shifa Hospital – WHO Decries Move as “Totally Unacceptable” 15/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Israel launched what it described as a “targeted operation” into Gaza’s besieged Shifa Hospital early Wednesday morning – which was immediately denounced by the World Health Organization as “unacceptable” and contrary to international law – regardless of whether Hamas made use of the facility for military purposes. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, an Israeli delegation visiting Geneva […] Continue reading -> As Climate Crises Loom, WTO Head Urges Developing Countries to Prepare to Use TRIPS Flexibilities 15/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan In anticipation of coming climate crises, developing countries should put in place “effective mechanisms in their domestic laws” that allow them to use the TRIPS flexibilities, asserted Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday. TRIPS flexibility refers to space allowed in the WTO’s Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry’s Interference in Government Policy Increases Globally 14/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Tobacco industry interference in governments’ tobacco control policies has increased in 43 out of 90 countries analysed over the past two years. This is according to the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2023 released on Tuesday by tobacco watchdog STOP, and the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC). “No country has been […] Continue reading -> Global Initiative Aims to Reduce Alcohol Consumption Via Increased Taxes 13/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Alcohol has had a fairly easy pass from public health authorities – although the World Health Organization (WHO) recently asserted that there is no safe level of drinking, upending many people’s cherished illusion that a glass of alcohol at the end of the day is harmless. RESET Alcohol, a new public health initiative led by […] Continue reading -> Second World Local Production Forum Launches New Collaborations; Civil Society Protests IP Barriers 10/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new Health Technology Access Pool (H-TAP), which aims to broaden the scope of IP and patent-sharing with low- and middle-income countries and a new African Union co-sponsored ‘manufacturing support platform’ were among the initiatives announced this week at the Second World Local Production forum in The Hague. The global forum, the second ever to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO is an Essential Forum for Debates on Intellectual Property and Public Health 17/11/2023 Ellen 't Hoen Health Policy Watch recently reported that some European countries at the World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Agreement negotiations maintain that intellectual property (IP) negotiations belong at the World Trade Organization (WTO) rather than the WHO. If they mean to say that new WTO laws cannot be established at the WHO, they have a point. But […] Continue reading -> COP28 SOS: Nations Are Only Taking ‘Baby Steps’ To Avert Climate Crisis 16/11/2023 Chetan Bhattacharji With a fortnight to go before the start of the annual global climate conference, COP28, countries have – by their own admission – made insufficient progress in reducing carbon emissions. This is according to a report on countries’ nationally determined contributions (NDCs) or goals they’ve set for themselves, released this week by the UN Framework […] Continue reading -> ‘Remarkable Reversal’ of Same-Sex Criminalisation Enables Progress Against HIV 16/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Two-thirds of countries no longer criminalise consensual same-sex sex, a “remarkable reversal” since the start of the AIDS pandemic that has enabled global progress against the spread of HIV. This is a key finding of Progress and the Peril, a report on HIV and decriminalisation released this week by Georgetown University’s Global HIV Policy Lab. […] Continue reading -> Climate Crisis Threatens Human Health with ‘Dangerous Future’, Lancet Report Warns 15/11/2023 Stefan Anderson A new report from the Lancet Countdown, an annual assessment of progress toward the climate targets of the 2015 Paris Agreement, paints a grim picture of the escalating health risks associated with a warming planet. The report, compiled by an international consortium of 114 scientists, health experts, and researchers, warns that the world is on […] Continue reading -> Israeli Troops Enter Shifa Hospital – WHO Decries Move as “Totally Unacceptable” 15/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Israel launched what it described as a “targeted operation” into Gaza’s besieged Shifa Hospital early Wednesday morning – which was immediately denounced by the World Health Organization as “unacceptable” and contrary to international law – regardless of whether Hamas made use of the facility for military purposes. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, an Israeli delegation visiting Geneva […] Continue reading -> As Climate Crises Loom, WTO Head Urges Developing Countries to Prepare to Use TRIPS Flexibilities 15/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan In anticipation of coming climate crises, developing countries should put in place “effective mechanisms in their domestic laws” that allow them to use the TRIPS flexibilities, asserted Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday. TRIPS flexibility refers to space allowed in the WTO’s Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry’s Interference in Government Policy Increases Globally 14/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Tobacco industry interference in governments’ tobacco control policies has increased in 43 out of 90 countries analysed over the past two years. This is according to the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2023 released on Tuesday by tobacco watchdog STOP, and the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC). “No country has been […] Continue reading -> Global Initiative Aims to Reduce Alcohol Consumption Via Increased Taxes 13/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Alcohol has had a fairly easy pass from public health authorities – although the World Health Organization (WHO) recently asserted that there is no safe level of drinking, upending many people’s cherished illusion that a glass of alcohol at the end of the day is harmless. RESET Alcohol, a new public health initiative led by […] Continue reading -> Second World Local Production Forum Launches New Collaborations; Civil Society Protests IP Barriers 10/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new Health Technology Access Pool (H-TAP), which aims to broaden the scope of IP and patent-sharing with low- and middle-income countries and a new African Union co-sponsored ‘manufacturing support platform’ were among the initiatives announced this week at the Second World Local Production forum in The Hague. The global forum, the second ever to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COP28 SOS: Nations Are Only Taking ‘Baby Steps’ To Avert Climate Crisis 16/11/2023 Chetan Bhattacharji With a fortnight to go before the start of the annual global climate conference, COP28, countries have – by their own admission – made insufficient progress in reducing carbon emissions. This is according to a report on countries’ nationally determined contributions (NDCs) or goals they’ve set for themselves, released this week by the UN Framework […] Continue reading -> ‘Remarkable Reversal’ of Same-Sex Criminalisation Enables Progress Against HIV 16/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Two-thirds of countries no longer criminalise consensual same-sex sex, a “remarkable reversal” since the start of the AIDS pandemic that has enabled global progress against the spread of HIV. This is a key finding of Progress and the Peril, a report on HIV and decriminalisation released this week by Georgetown University’s Global HIV Policy Lab. […] Continue reading -> Climate Crisis Threatens Human Health with ‘Dangerous Future’, Lancet Report Warns 15/11/2023 Stefan Anderson A new report from the Lancet Countdown, an annual assessment of progress toward the climate targets of the 2015 Paris Agreement, paints a grim picture of the escalating health risks associated with a warming planet. The report, compiled by an international consortium of 114 scientists, health experts, and researchers, warns that the world is on […] Continue reading -> Israeli Troops Enter Shifa Hospital – WHO Decries Move as “Totally Unacceptable” 15/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Israel launched what it described as a “targeted operation” into Gaza’s besieged Shifa Hospital early Wednesday morning – which was immediately denounced by the World Health Organization as “unacceptable” and contrary to international law – regardless of whether Hamas made use of the facility for military purposes. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, an Israeli delegation visiting Geneva […] Continue reading -> As Climate Crises Loom, WTO Head Urges Developing Countries to Prepare to Use TRIPS Flexibilities 15/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan In anticipation of coming climate crises, developing countries should put in place “effective mechanisms in their domestic laws” that allow them to use the TRIPS flexibilities, asserted Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday. TRIPS flexibility refers to space allowed in the WTO’s Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry’s Interference in Government Policy Increases Globally 14/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Tobacco industry interference in governments’ tobacco control policies has increased in 43 out of 90 countries analysed over the past two years. This is according to the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2023 released on Tuesday by tobacco watchdog STOP, and the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC). “No country has been […] Continue reading -> Global Initiative Aims to Reduce Alcohol Consumption Via Increased Taxes 13/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Alcohol has had a fairly easy pass from public health authorities – although the World Health Organization (WHO) recently asserted that there is no safe level of drinking, upending many people’s cherished illusion that a glass of alcohol at the end of the day is harmless. RESET Alcohol, a new public health initiative led by […] Continue reading -> Second World Local Production Forum Launches New Collaborations; Civil Society Protests IP Barriers 10/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new Health Technology Access Pool (H-TAP), which aims to broaden the scope of IP and patent-sharing with low- and middle-income countries and a new African Union co-sponsored ‘manufacturing support platform’ were among the initiatives announced this week at the Second World Local Production forum in The Hague. The global forum, the second ever to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘Remarkable Reversal’ of Same-Sex Criminalisation Enables Progress Against HIV 16/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Two-thirds of countries no longer criminalise consensual same-sex sex, a “remarkable reversal” since the start of the AIDS pandemic that has enabled global progress against the spread of HIV. This is a key finding of Progress and the Peril, a report on HIV and decriminalisation released this week by Georgetown University’s Global HIV Policy Lab. […] Continue reading -> Climate Crisis Threatens Human Health with ‘Dangerous Future’, Lancet Report Warns 15/11/2023 Stefan Anderson A new report from the Lancet Countdown, an annual assessment of progress toward the climate targets of the 2015 Paris Agreement, paints a grim picture of the escalating health risks associated with a warming planet. The report, compiled by an international consortium of 114 scientists, health experts, and researchers, warns that the world is on […] Continue reading -> Israeli Troops Enter Shifa Hospital – WHO Decries Move as “Totally Unacceptable” 15/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Israel launched what it described as a “targeted operation” into Gaza’s besieged Shifa Hospital early Wednesday morning – which was immediately denounced by the World Health Organization as “unacceptable” and contrary to international law – regardless of whether Hamas made use of the facility for military purposes. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, an Israeli delegation visiting Geneva […] Continue reading -> As Climate Crises Loom, WTO Head Urges Developing Countries to Prepare to Use TRIPS Flexibilities 15/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan In anticipation of coming climate crises, developing countries should put in place “effective mechanisms in their domestic laws” that allow them to use the TRIPS flexibilities, asserted Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday. TRIPS flexibility refers to space allowed in the WTO’s Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry’s Interference in Government Policy Increases Globally 14/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Tobacco industry interference in governments’ tobacco control policies has increased in 43 out of 90 countries analysed over the past two years. This is according to the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2023 released on Tuesday by tobacco watchdog STOP, and the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC). “No country has been […] Continue reading -> Global Initiative Aims to Reduce Alcohol Consumption Via Increased Taxes 13/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Alcohol has had a fairly easy pass from public health authorities – although the World Health Organization (WHO) recently asserted that there is no safe level of drinking, upending many people’s cherished illusion that a glass of alcohol at the end of the day is harmless. RESET Alcohol, a new public health initiative led by […] Continue reading -> Second World Local Production Forum Launches New Collaborations; Civil Society Protests IP Barriers 10/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new Health Technology Access Pool (H-TAP), which aims to broaden the scope of IP and patent-sharing with low- and middle-income countries and a new African Union co-sponsored ‘manufacturing support platform’ were among the initiatives announced this week at the Second World Local Production forum in The Hague. The global forum, the second ever to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Climate Crisis Threatens Human Health with ‘Dangerous Future’, Lancet Report Warns 15/11/2023 Stefan Anderson A new report from the Lancet Countdown, an annual assessment of progress toward the climate targets of the 2015 Paris Agreement, paints a grim picture of the escalating health risks associated with a warming planet. The report, compiled by an international consortium of 114 scientists, health experts, and researchers, warns that the world is on […] Continue reading -> Israeli Troops Enter Shifa Hospital – WHO Decries Move as “Totally Unacceptable” 15/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Israel launched what it described as a “targeted operation” into Gaza’s besieged Shifa Hospital early Wednesday morning – which was immediately denounced by the World Health Organization as “unacceptable” and contrary to international law – regardless of whether Hamas made use of the facility for military purposes. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, an Israeli delegation visiting Geneva […] Continue reading -> As Climate Crises Loom, WTO Head Urges Developing Countries to Prepare to Use TRIPS Flexibilities 15/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan In anticipation of coming climate crises, developing countries should put in place “effective mechanisms in their domestic laws” that allow them to use the TRIPS flexibilities, asserted Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday. TRIPS flexibility refers to space allowed in the WTO’s Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry’s Interference in Government Policy Increases Globally 14/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Tobacco industry interference in governments’ tobacco control policies has increased in 43 out of 90 countries analysed over the past two years. This is according to the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2023 released on Tuesday by tobacco watchdog STOP, and the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC). “No country has been […] Continue reading -> Global Initiative Aims to Reduce Alcohol Consumption Via Increased Taxes 13/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Alcohol has had a fairly easy pass from public health authorities – although the World Health Organization (WHO) recently asserted that there is no safe level of drinking, upending many people’s cherished illusion that a glass of alcohol at the end of the day is harmless. RESET Alcohol, a new public health initiative led by […] Continue reading -> Second World Local Production Forum Launches New Collaborations; Civil Society Protests IP Barriers 10/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new Health Technology Access Pool (H-TAP), which aims to broaden the scope of IP and patent-sharing with low- and middle-income countries and a new African Union co-sponsored ‘manufacturing support platform’ were among the initiatives announced this week at the Second World Local Production forum in The Hague. The global forum, the second ever to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Israeli Troops Enter Shifa Hospital – WHO Decries Move as “Totally Unacceptable” 15/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Israel launched what it described as a “targeted operation” into Gaza’s besieged Shifa Hospital early Wednesday morning – which was immediately denounced by the World Health Organization as “unacceptable” and contrary to international law – regardless of whether Hamas made use of the facility for military purposes. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, an Israeli delegation visiting Geneva […] Continue reading -> As Climate Crises Loom, WTO Head Urges Developing Countries to Prepare to Use TRIPS Flexibilities 15/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan In anticipation of coming climate crises, developing countries should put in place “effective mechanisms in their domestic laws” that allow them to use the TRIPS flexibilities, asserted Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday. TRIPS flexibility refers to space allowed in the WTO’s Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry’s Interference in Government Policy Increases Globally 14/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Tobacco industry interference in governments’ tobacco control policies has increased in 43 out of 90 countries analysed over the past two years. This is according to the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2023 released on Tuesday by tobacco watchdog STOP, and the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC). “No country has been […] Continue reading -> Global Initiative Aims to Reduce Alcohol Consumption Via Increased Taxes 13/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Alcohol has had a fairly easy pass from public health authorities – although the World Health Organization (WHO) recently asserted that there is no safe level of drinking, upending many people’s cherished illusion that a glass of alcohol at the end of the day is harmless. RESET Alcohol, a new public health initiative led by […] Continue reading -> Second World Local Production Forum Launches New Collaborations; Civil Society Protests IP Barriers 10/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new Health Technology Access Pool (H-TAP), which aims to broaden the scope of IP and patent-sharing with low- and middle-income countries and a new African Union co-sponsored ‘manufacturing support platform’ were among the initiatives announced this week at the Second World Local Production forum in The Hague. The global forum, the second ever to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As Climate Crises Loom, WTO Head Urges Developing Countries to Prepare to Use TRIPS Flexibilities 15/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan In anticipation of coming climate crises, developing countries should put in place “effective mechanisms in their domestic laws” that allow them to use the TRIPS flexibilities, asserted Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday. TRIPS flexibility refers to space allowed in the WTO’s Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry’s Interference in Government Policy Increases Globally 14/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Tobacco industry interference in governments’ tobacco control policies has increased in 43 out of 90 countries analysed over the past two years. This is according to the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2023 released on Tuesday by tobacco watchdog STOP, and the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC). “No country has been […] Continue reading -> Global Initiative Aims to Reduce Alcohol Consumption Via Increased Taxes 13/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Alcohol has had a fairly easy pass from public health authorities – although the World Health Organization (WHO) recently asserted that there is no safe level of drinking, upending many people’s cherished illusion that a glass of alcohol at the end of the day is harmless. RESET Alcohol, a new public health initiative led by […] Continue reading -> Second World Local Production Forum Launches New Collaborations; Civil Society Protests IP Barriers 10/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new Health Technology Access Pool (H-TAP), which aims to broaden the scope of IP and patent-sharing with low- and middle-income countries and a new African Union co-sponsored ‘manufacturing support platform’ were among the initiatives announced this week at the Second World Local Production forum in The Hague. The global forum, the second ever to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Tobacco Industry’s Interference in Government Policy Increases Globally 14/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Tobacco industry interference in governments’ tobacco control policies has increased in 43 out of 90 countries analysed over the past two years. This is according to the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2023 released on Tuesday by tobacco watchdog STOP, and the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC). “No country has been […] Continue reading -> Global Initiative Aims to Reduce Alcohol Consumption Via Increased Taxes 13/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Alcohol has had a fairly easy pass from public health authorities – although the World Health Organization (WHO) recently asserted that there is no safe level of drinking, upending many people’s cherished illusion that a glass of alcohol at the end of the day is harmless. RESET Alcohol, a new public health initiative led by […] Continue reading -> Second World Local Production Forum Launches New Collaborations; Civil Society Protests IP Barriers 10/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new Health Technology Access Pool (H-TAP), which aims to broaden the scope of IP and patent-sharing with low- and middle-income countries and a new African Union co-sponsored ‘manufacturing support platform’ were among the initiatives announced this week at the Second World Local Production forum in The Hague. The global forum, the second ever to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Initiative Aims to Reduce Alcohol Consumption Via Increased Taxes 13/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Alcohol has had a fairly easy pass from public health authorities – although the World Health Organization (WHO) recently asserted that there is no safe level of drinking, upending many people’s cherished illusion that a glass of alcohol at the end of the day is harmless. RESET Alcohol, a new public health initiative led by […] Continue reading -> Second World Local Production Forum Launches New Collaborations; Civil Society Protests IP Barriers 10/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new Health Technology Access Pool (H-TAP), which aims to broaden the scope of IP and patent-sharing with low- and middle-income countries and a new African Union co-sponsored ‘manufacturing support platform’ were among the initiatives announced this week at the Second World Local Production forum in The Hague. The global forum, the second ever to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Second World Local Production Forum Launches New Collaborations; Civil Society Protests IP Barriers 10/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new Health Technology Access Pool (H-TAP), which aims to broaden the scope of IP and patent-sharing with low- and middle-income countries and a new African Union co-sponsored ‘manufacturing support platform’ were among the initiatives announced this week at the Second World Local Production forum in The Hague. The global forum, the second ever to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts