World Health Assembly Approves Resolution On Combatting Tuberculosis 22/05/2014 by Joséphine De Ruyck for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The World Health Assembly on 21 May approved a resolution on global strategy and targets for tuberculosis prevention, care and control after 2015, which includes a new multisectoral strategic approach and bold targets to bring an end to the global epidemic by 2035.
World Health Assembly: Panels Discuss Diagnostics, Surveillance, R&D Models For Antibiotic Resistance 22/05/2014 by Julia Fraser for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Multiple stakeholders are pushing for a World Health Organization-led global action plan to curb antimicrobial resistance.
New WHO Document On Neglected Disease R&D Model Projects 21/05/2014 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment A new document on efforts to find innovative financing for neglected diseases has been made available today at the World Health Assembly.
Role Of Industry, NGOs, Foundations At WHO Under Intense Debate 21/05/2014 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment A proposal to increase the engagement of “non-state actors” – industry, nongovernmental organisations, foundations and academics – in the activities of the World Health Organization is under intense debate at the annual World Health Assembly this week.
Sanofi-WHO Partnership Could Eliminate Sleeping Sickness By 2020 21/05/2014 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment A side event to this week’s World Health Assembly highlighted progress being made in a public-private partnership on the elimination of sleeping sickness, a disease that occurs in some developing countries.
Gates Foundation Echoes WHO Concern Over Medicines Access In Trade Deals 20/05/2014 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Melinda Gates of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation addressed the World Health Assembly today, highlighting a new initiative on newborns. And at a press conference earlier in the day, a senior colleague signalled support for WHO Director General Margaret Chan’s strong concern yesterday about possible negative effects of free trade agreements on access to affordable medicines.
BRICS Ministers Join Forces For Access To Medicines 20/05/2014 by Julia Fraser for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment At a side event to the opening of the 2014 World Health Assembly, strong statements were made by BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) country ministers and representatives to assume leadership and cooperate to tackle the issue of inaccessibility to affordable medicines in theirs and developing countries.
UNDP Report Promotes Competition Law To Boost Access To Medicines 19/05/2014 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments The United Nations Development Programme has launched a new publication on the use of competition law to promote access to health technologies. The guidebook describes competition law as an underused tool to be harnessed by developing countries and is designed to help them proficiently using it.
WHO Director Chan Stresses Polio, Inequity, Climate, Junk Food, Supremacy Of Health Over Economic Interests 19/05/2014 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments World Health Organization Director General Margaret Chan opened the annual World Health Assembly today with strong calls to address a wide range of top health concerns across the world. This included a call for the global health community to work to assert the primacy of health concerns over economic interests.
Rise In Non-Communicable Diseases In Africa Needs To Be Addressed, Speakers Say 19/05/2014 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The International Organisation of la Francophonie in collaboration with French pharmaceutical umbrella organisation “les Entreprises du médicaments,” organised a roundtable on non-communicable diseases on the eve of the annual World Health Assembly. Several health ministers as well as various stakeholders were invited to discuss “the fight against non-communicable diseases: a shared responsibility” on 18 May.