Health

Pay more attention to silent killers

IPN Opinion article

Author: Philip Stevens

HIV/AIDS is a high profile disease that has received a disproportionately high amount of funding and attention, relative to "silent killers" such as pneumonia and diarrhoea

Combating fake medicines: health, IP and global politics

Issues such as intellectual property rights have prevented action in tackling the global menace of counterfeit and substandard medicines

Healthcare's Swiss solution

IPN Opinion article

Author: Dr. Alphonse L. Crespo

Switzerland and the Netherlands could be a source of inspiration for America's healthcare reforms.

Lessons from Abroad for Health Reform in the USA

An event in Washington, DC, featuring speakers from France, Germany, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Canada and Switzerland

The Health Care Math Everyone Avoids

IPN Opinion article

Author: Jeremiah Norris

Whatever the merits of President Obama's healthcare plan, someone will have to pay for it - but there will be fewer and fewer taxpayers and more and more healthcare-dependants as time goes by. It is a calculation that everyone wants to avoid.