Health
Policy threats to health progress
IPN Opinion article
South Africa has defied conventional wisdom to achieve success in its AIDS and malaria programmes. But this good work may be undone by its wider health reforms, which appear to be based more on ideology than commonsense.
Thai licensing policy fatal for HIV/AIDS sufferers
IPN Opinion article
The Thai military government has recently decided to expropriate the patents of a series of drugs. Although these 'compulsory licenses' have been applauded by populist NGOs, this development poses a very grave risk to patient safety.
Fully socialized medicine: a warning from the United Kingdom
IPN Opinion article
Britain's NHS has tested to destruction the notion that centrally-provided, taxpayer-financed healthcare is the most equitable and efficient. So why is the British government not questioning the model?
Death in the shade of world's attention
IPN Opinion article
Millions of cancer and cardiovascular deaths could be cheaply averted in poorer countries, but it seems sometimes that HIV/AIDS is the only thing on the radarscreen of politicians and journalists.
Drug price debate needs a dose of reality
IPN Opinion article
Certain NGOs claim that intellectual property is the root cause of the health crises faced by many poor countries. This is entirely bogus and is diverting attention from more important issues.
The 'right' to AIDS treatment?
IPN Opinion article
AIDS is a tragic disease, killing millions and impoverishing millions more. But should people living with HIV/AIDS have a "right" to treatment, as was claimed by many at this year's International AIDS Convention?
WHO's '3 by 5' not the answer
IPN Opinion article
ACTIVISTS at this week's world AIDS conference want us to believe that the United Nations' inefficient and expensive treatment programmes can defeat the AIDS pandemic in Africa. But the single-minded pursuit of these targets has taken the focus away from the only thing which really can defeat it: prevention.
