Health
/Gender
- Tue Jul 08 2008
Global summit to hear billions needed for moms
At this week's world summit, advocates will call for billions to reduce maternal mortality. After 40 years of stagnation, efforts are mounting against the leading killer of young women in developing nations, but the U.S. is far from the front lines.
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Health
- Fri Jul 04 2008
G8 Summit: Leaders Need to Deliver on Promises
The international trade union movement, through its Global Unions AIDS Progamme, has joined with civil society groups in Africa and around the world as part of the World AIDS Campaign to ensure that universal access remains on the G8 agenda.
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Health
- Fri Jul 04 2008
G8: 'investment in health is effective aid'
Japan wants next week's summit of seven major western industrial nations and Russia (G8) to urge the international community to push towards combating HIV/AIDS. Interview with Jon Lidén of the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis.
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Health
- Wed Jul 02 2008
South Africa: Refugees denied access to health care
Refugees and migrants do not have adequate access to health care services in South Africa, aid organisations and NGOs say. This is particularly detrimental for those who are HIV-positive and in need of continuous antiretroviral (ARV) medication.
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Health
- Tue May 20 2008
61st World Health Assembly opens
The 61st session of the World Health Assembly is taking place in Geneva during 19-24 May 2008. At this session, the Health Assembly is discussing a number of public health issues including climate change and health, female genital mutialtion or intellectual property rights.
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Health
- Mon May 19 2008
UN sees major successes in child survival
The developing world is making significant progress in child survival despite the fact that nearly 2.2 billion children worldwide continue to battle poverty, sexual abuse, forced military conscription, labour exploitation and HIV/AIDS, says the United Nations.
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Health
- Tue Apr 08 2008
World health day 2008: communities uniting against environmental destruction
Designated by the World Health Organization, this year the theme of climate change aims to address climate change as a public health issue and the public health threats that arise from "ever growing threats to global public health security".
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Health
- Thu Mar 27 2008
Recent Thai compulsory licenses and the aftermath
In the past two weeks, the Thai government has continued to come under pressure from the United States administration and the European Commission for its move to retain the compulsory licenses for anti-cancer drugs that the previous Health Minister had initiated.
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Health
- Thu Mar 27 2008
Asia: Report faults gov't complacency on AIDS
Nearly five million people are living with HIV in Asia, with 440,000 people dying each year, and an additional eight million people will become newly infected by 2020, warns the first report by the Commission on AIDS in Asia, "Redefining AIDS in Asia".
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Health
- Wed Mar 26 2008
Organizations from Over 30 Countries Reject Agreement of Water Companies
Nearly 130 social organizations from around the world that work on the human right to water sent a letter to the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, rejecting the so called “The Chief Executive Officers (CEO) Water Mandate”.
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