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Why Delegates at the World Health Assembly Should Double Down on 13

Nicole Schiegg | Posted 05.17.2013 | Impact
Read More: Family Planning, Global Motherhood, Child Survival, Women's Health, Access to Medicines, Child Health, Impact News
Nicole Schiegg

The number 13 has long been linked to a belief of bad luck and misfortune. Well, today that superstition has changed. More importantly, if we do right by the number 13, we have the potential to save six million women and children over the next five years. How is that possible?

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Zach Carter

U.S. Blacklists India For Discount Medicines

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.02.2013 | Politics
Read More: Doctors Without Borders, India, India US Trade, India US Medicines, Access to Medicine, Free Trade, India US Pharmaceuticals, India US Drugs, Office of the u.s. Trade Representative, India Generic Drugs, Barack Obama, Access to Medicines, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration placed India on a special trade blacklist Wednesday, a move some public health advocates said was retaliation f...

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Zach Carter

Obama's Trade Position Panned By U.N. For Protecting High Drug Prices

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 06.01.2012 | Politics
Read More: Tpp, Global Health, Ip, United Nations, Public Health, Unaids, Hiv, Free Trade, Oxfam, Obama, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Barack Obama, Doctors Without Borders, Video, Wha, World Health Organization, AIDS/HIV, Ustr, Undp, Trade, U.N., Aids, Vietnam, Un, Wipo, Access to Medicines, Patents, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Two major United Nations organizations warned world leaders on Thursday to avoid restrictive free trade agreements that may threaten pub...

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Shooting Itself In the Foot: The Broken Promises of the U.S. Trade Agenda

Tido von Schoen-Angerer | Posted 11.14.2011 | World
Read More: International Trade, HIV/AIDS, U.S. Trade Representative, Free Trade Agreements, Doctors Without Borders, Pharmaceutical Industry, HIV Medications, Developing Countries, Msf, Access-to-Medicines, Tpp, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Access to Medicines, World News
Tido von Schoen-Angerer

In the Chicago trade talks, the U.S. is trying to club up with countries in a deal that keeps the cost of medicines high.

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EU & India: Trade Deal Risks Depriving Millions of Affordable Medicines

Louis Belanger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Doctors Without Borders, India, European Union, Oxfam, Access, Access to Medicines, Msf, Home News
Louis Belanger

The EU is forcing India to act against the health of poor people in developing countries by pushing through a trade deal next week that contains tou...

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A Tale of Two Vaccines -- Why Price Discounts for Developing Countries Show Limits

Tido von Schoen-Angerer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Big Pharma, Children's Health, Gsk, Access-to-Medicines, Pneumococcal Disease, Impact News
Tido von Schoen-Angerer

Offering a discount to the poor seems like an unequivocally good thing. But do price discounts really make medicines more affordable in developing countries?

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