South Centre News on AMR 11, 11 December 2017
Action Needed to Avoid the End of Modern Medicine
WHO
DIIP Monthly Update – November 2017
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of November 2017.
Research Paper 82, November 2017
The International Debate on Generic Medicines of Biological Origin
The debate on generic medicines is not new. What makes it different today is that attacks levelled against biological products are couched in ever more “technical” and abstruse language that confuses even the World Health Organization (WHO).
South Centre News on AMR 10, 7 November 2017
WHO Advice: Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance
Policy Brief 45, October 2017
The Value Added of the United Nations General Assembly High–Level Political Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance
In September 2016, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York held a dedicated meeting to muster strong political commitment for an effective global response to the problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). As a result, a High-Level Political Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance was adopted.
South Centre News on AMR 5, 20 September 2017
World running out of antibiotics, says WHO in new reports
South Centre News on AMR 4, 6 September 2017
Growing impetus to making AMR an integral issue in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
South Centre News on AMR 3, 28 August 2017
Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea crisis: new drugs needed
South Centre News on AMR 2, 22 August 2017
State of discussion on AMR action, two years after the WHA Global Plan
South Centre News on AMR 1, 9 August 2017
Civil society and South Centre call for urgent actions to tackle AMR and ensure access and new innovation models
Statement, May 2017
South Centre Statement to the 10th NAM Health Ministerial
Below is a statement made by the South Centre’s Deputy Executive Director Vicente Paolo B. Yu III during the meeting of the Ministers of health of the Non-Aligned Movement held in Geneva on 23 May 2017 in conjunction with the World Health Assembly.
Research Paper 77, May 2017
Access to Hepatitis C Treatment: A Global Problem
“Viral hepatitis is an international public health challenge, comparable to other major communicable diseases, including HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. Despite the significant burden it places on communities across all global regions, hepatitis has been largely ignored as a health and development priority until recently”. – WHO, Global Health Sector strategy on viral Hepatitis 2016-2021: Towards ending viral hepatitis