Medicine
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
UN: 4 million on AIDS drug, others still in need
IPN News coverage
IPN's Philip Stevens comments on the World Health Organization's latest HIV treatment report.
UN seeks $1.5bn for swine flu
IPN News coverage
IPN's Philip Stevens questions the motives behind the WHO's recent call for billions to fight swine flu in the developing world.
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
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.
Drowning a single illness in cash will do more harm than good
IPN Opinion article
Donors are beginning to realise that spending disproportionate sums on AIDS is undermining overall primary healthcare.
