Health
How to Help India's AIDS Victims
IPN Opinion article
Julian Morris argues that patents cannot be the barrier to accessing AIDS medicines in India, since India does not recognise patent protection and has the largest generics industry in the world. The problem, he says, is the economic mis-governance that keeps Indians in poverty and the hopeless inadequacy of India's healthcare systems.
Spread of AIDS, like terrorism, is bitter fruit of oppression
IPN Opinion article
Julian Morris analyses the claim that the AIDS pandemic will lead to increased terrorism
Aids quick-fix won't save Africa
IPN Opinion article
Dr John Kilama, President of Global Bioscience Development Institute, warns against the dangerous belief that simply increasing the supply and lowering the cost of AIDS medicines in Africa will solve the crisis. In reality the entire healthcare infrastructure needs an overhaul before treatment regimens can be effective
Excessive “precaution” puts children’s lives at risk; WHO and governments must prioritise, say experts
IPN Press release
Long-term solutions needed to solve famine, say experts
IPN Press release
Only a combination of better institutions and modern technologies can end hunger and poverty, according to World Food Prize winner.
Africans must also commit to the war against AIDS
IPN Opinion article
Africans are ill, unable to receive medical treatment and short of food because most African governments have kept people poor, frustrated trade and interfered with markets. By increasing economic freedom and enabling the private sector to thrive, Africa will be able to create the wealth that can build health infrastructure. Bush\'s billions of dollars are crucially important, but Africans won\'t triumph over AIDS or poverty until their leaders make a true commitment their people.
Keep Politics Out of Fighting Disease
IPN Opinion article
The WHO has once again denied Taiwan the right to participate in the annual World Health Assembly...
Public health, medical knowledge and human lives should not be used as political bargaining chips. It is especially odd that Beijing would resort to threats in the WHO forum, when Beijing receives far more in aid from the WHO than it contributes, while Taiwan is eager to contribute to the WHO for the benefit of all peoples, including mainland Chinese. The cash-strapped WHO would surely welcome new contributors to its coffers and to its knowledge and capabilities.
Bad Labels, Bad Science
IPN Opinion article
This week the EU\'s Agriculture Council is trying to resolve the dilemma concerning the labeling of genetically modified food. So far European policy on GM food has been unscientific, misleading and even internally inconsistent. Policy, driven by the bureaucratic, protectionist European Commission, has created costly uncertainty for European food producers and consumers, and has prevented the transfer of the life-saving aspects of the technology to developing countries. This week\'s meeting cannot resolve everything but it could remove confusion from one area -- the labeling of GM food.
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