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Society/Health    >   AIDS: wealth before health   HIV/Aids: a war on women Public health policies and legislation are being introduced which are not actually rooted in women's experiences. As a consequence, their implementation is at huge cost to women, who in their role as primary unpaid carers of their sick relatives, have in fact formed the backbone of the Aids response in the most affected communities. [see more]   Patents and medicines   The slippery slope of negotiations on public health, innovation and intellectual property As the negotiations wound down to a close at the Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property, a familiar pattern unfolded. To the dismay of all those who saw in the IGWG an opportunity to make a real difference in a starkly iniquitous situation - a situation where medicines required the most for the world's poorest and most vulnerable populations are rarely researched or made accessible and affordable - the conclusions arrived at, may well make little or no dent in the present situation. [see more]   Health and health services, goods for sale   Debt and health People living in poor countries around the world suffer from a scandalous and dangerous shortage of healthcare. Life expectancy for many is less than 50 years – in some less than 40 – while life expectancy in many rich countries is around 80 years. Meanwhile, the rich world claims billions of dollars in debt payments from these countries, often for loans that should not have been given in the first place, putting the realisation of decent health services still further out of reach. [see more]   Sexual and reproductive rights   Whose sexuality counts? Poverty, participation and sexual rights Sexual rights are an important battlefield in our fight against poverty. Our work for inclusion and for the realisation of the rights of excluded people cannot be complete if we don’t consider sexual rights as a necessary element that affects many other domains of development work. Taking sexuality into consideration means to have respect for the people that we work with and to treat them as citizens. [see more]     Subscribe to receive what’s new on Choike.  Syndicate this site. International and Regional Organizations International NGOs and Networks Information Resources   Sonke Gender Justice Network The Sonke Gender Justice project tries to address the social aspects of the HIV epidemic, with a particular focus on gender issues. South Africa. Go to NGO directory Selected news Health - Thu Aug 28 2008 WHO report says health is determined by social factors Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death says the final report of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Source: WHO Health - Fri Aug 22 2008 Global agenda increasingly disease-driven Despite the massive amounts of money driving current efforts, the global health agenda is still in its infancy. Increasingly, experts say, the kind of disease-focused model is defining the global health agenda. Source: IPS See more ... News channels Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Applauds Congresswoman Lowey on First Step Toward Restoring UNFPA ... (Planet Wire) Pregnant Women in Nigeria Die Due to Government Negligence, According to Center for ... (Planet Wire) PPFA Statement in Response to New HHS Regulation Impacting Women's Health (Planet Wire) Opposition to Bush Attack on Birth Control Continues to Grow (Planet Wire) See more ... Women won't wait campaign Every human has rights Global right to health and health care campaign

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