Health
Protect Africa's artists or their music will die
IPN Opinion article
African governments must unleash the talents and abilities of their creators and entrepreneurs, including peasants, their manufacturers and their hugely popular but under-rewarded musicians.
How surveys twist rankings on health care
IPN Opinion article
Proponents of nationalised healthcare systems frequently refer to the WHO ranking the US system a lowly 37th in the world. Yet how reliable are these rankings? Glen Whitman reveals their faults and underlying, ideological bias.
End failed healthcare in Africa
IPN Opinion article
Despite massive increases of donor funding for health in Africa, things on the ground are not improving. It's time to examine new methods of delivering healthcare in Africa, in particular harnessing the power of the private sector.
Made in China' proving bad for health
IPN Opinion article
Recent food and drug scandals in China show that some of the country's manufacturers have a serious problem with quality. Improvements will only come if government control is removed from the press and legal system.
A false threat of epidemics
IPN Opinion article
UNAIDS has at last admitted its world AIDS estimates were wildly inaccurate but it wanted yet more money at the biennial jamboree in Mexico (3-8 August). In an apparently unconnected development it is also looking for a new Director so this British health systems consultant has decided to throw his hat in the ring on a platform of closing down UNAIDS in order to allocate funds according to the real impact of diseases.
