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By Glen Whitman
The World Health Organization's influential health systems ranking guide health reforms all over the world. The rankings a supposedly impartial guide to the relative performance of global healthcare systems, but this new study shows them to be statistically dubious, misleading and ideologically biased towards taxpayer-funded systems. |
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Funding for fake drugs
2008-05-15
Jeremiah Norris
The WHO and the Global Fund are paying for sub-standard drugs in poor countries - with a recently-added US$50 billion of US taxpayers' money. Fakes are a known scourge but bad-quality - yet legal - drugs are just as dangerous, putting millions at risk. Read More »
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How to Avoid the Collapse of Global Fish Stocks
2008-05-12
Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development
The second issue of the Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development considers how to best conserve global fish stocks. Read More »
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One in Three malaria drugs failing in Africa - new study
2008-05-06
A new survey of antimalarial drugs in Africa has discovered a third to be substandard, putting millions of patients at risk. Read More »
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Upcoming Events The AIDS pandemic: the collision of epidemiology and political correctness
Sponsoring Organisation: The Geneva Roundtables
Location: Hotel Intercontinental
Date: 2008-05-21
Professor Jim Chin, former head of AIDS surveillance at WHO, outlines his views on the scale and scope of the AIDS pandemic. In particular, Prof. Chin will discuss his views on how UNAIDS has distorted epidemiology in order to pursue its own political agendas. »»Click here for more events
| Publications 2008 Institutional Quality Index (Spanish)
2008-05-13
The 2008 Institutional Quality Index investigates the relationship between the strength of local institutions and economic, social and political freedoms. This strong relationship provides essential evidence that governments seeking to promote growth and stability must support strong institutions that safeguard economic freedoms and individual liberty. To download a copy of this report in Spanish, please click here
Local pharmaceutical production in developing countries: How economic protectionism undermines access to quality medicines
2008-02-27
Donors are urging African governments to support local pharmaceutical production, in order to reduce costs and boost local scientific capacity.
This new paper asks if this is a sensible use of public funds? In many cases it may save money to follow the basic laws of economics and import drugs from countries that specialise in drug production. Using public monies to prop up local pharma companies, moreover, can encourage corruption and undermine the supply of safe, effective drugs. »»Click here for more publications
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