World Health Organization
Chair seeks to tackle bias in WHO swine flu review
Frank Jordans of the Associated Press quotes IPN's Philip Stevens on the WHO swine flu review
WHO: Not sure if drug-resistant TB is worsening
IPN News coverage
Philip Stevens responds to the WHO's statement on drug-resistant TB.
WHO: Treat HIV patients sooner
IPN News coverage
Philip Stevens comments on new HIV treatment advice from the WHO
What's wrong in the Mekong?
IPN Opinion article
Resistance to the latest anti-malarial drugs is building up in the Mekong Delta and will threaten much of Asia and Africa: the WHO has just put out a warning that catches up with years of research saying the same thing. Mutation plays a part but so do counterfeits, accounting for a quarter of all medicines in developing countries and a third in Africa.
Bias in the WHO's report on the Social Determinants of Health
IPN Opinion article
IPN argues in the Lancet that the WHO is guilty of failing to look at all the evidence in its report of the relationship between economic development and health.
Fake drugs and failed governance
IPN Opinion article
As the WHO meets in Geneva to attempt consensus on a new definition of "counterfeit drugs", Philip Stevens and Julian Harris argue that the problem is largely caused by bad government, corruption and poor institutions.
