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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.
Health tourism can be healthy
IPN Opinion article
The benefits of trade have for too long been driven away from healthcare by ring-fenced nationalised systems and vested interests. Now evidence suggests that trade can slow the rise in healthcare costs and be a valuable source of revenue for developing countries.
The WHO blueprint for increasing global poverty
IPN Opinion article
The WHO's report on the "social determinants of health" claims that inequality is responsible for huge numbers of deaths worldwide. But by rejecting economic growth, its recommendations would do far more harm than good.
UN's Russian roulette for poor patients
IPN Opinion article
Sub-standard AIDS and malaria drugs can cause parasite resistance and clinical failure. Yet the Global Fund has been procuring such drugs for millions of low-income patients.
SA should avoid Britain's public health mistakes
IPN Opinion article
The South African government is hoping to create a 'universal' health system by imposing increasingly onerous regulations on the private sector. Evidence from Britain's health system shows this is doomed to failure.
Funding for sub-standard drugs
IPN Opinion article
Sub-standard AIDS and malaria drugs can cause parasite resistance and clinical failure. Yet the Global Fund has been procuring such drugs for millions of low-income patients.
