Category Archives: Non Communicable Diseases

The new drug war: Hard pills to swallow

Posted on January 9, 2014 by donttradeourlivesaway

Drug firms have new medicines and patients are desperate for them. But the arguments over cost are growing Jan 4th 2014 | NAIROBI AND NEW YORK |  Source: The Economist LOUIS MACHOGU, the owner of a pharmacy near Nairobi, has noticed a change. … Continue reading →

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Access to drugs for Treatment of Noncommunicable diseases

Posted on September 4, 2013 by donttradeourlivesaway

Source: PLOS Medicine Summary points: A decade ago, the HIV/AIDS treatment –access crisis helped elevate infectious diseases as a foreign policy issue and mobilized billions in global health aid. A new controversy over patented medicines and their affordability in developing … Continue reading →

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Promotion of access to essential medicines for non-communicable diseases: practical implications of the UN political declaration

Posted on February 18, 2013 by donttradeourlivesaway

Source: The Lancet February,12, 2013 Abstract Access to medicines and vaccines to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is unacceptably low worldwide. In the 2011 UN political declaration on the prevention and control of NCDs, heads of government made several commitments related to … Continue reading →

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Alarmed Global AIDS activists Join the Fight to Ensure a Successful UN Non-Communicable Disease Summit

Posted on September 2, 2011 by donttradeourlivesaway

Civil society groups unite to tackle trade, fight for targets and to eliminate industry influence; file complaint with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health September 1, 2011 — Negotiations resume on the draft political declaration for the … Continue reading →

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ACTION ALERT- UN HLM on Non Communicable Diseases: A Threat to Human Rights

Posted on August 30, 2011 by donttradeourlivesaway

The UNGA Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) High-Level Meeting will take place from 19-20 September, 2011 in New York. However, the language of the draft Political Declaration proposed for approval by the HLM is currently set to undermine access to medicines for … Continue reading →

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BRICS Health Ministers’ Meeting-Beijing Declaration

Posted on July 12, 2011 by donttradeourlivesaway

BRICS (Brazil, India, Russia, China and South Africa) Health Minister’s meeting being held in China released a declaration on 11 July 2011 committing to “continue to collaborate in order to advance access to public health services and goods in our … Continue reading →

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UN High Level Meeting on Non-communicable diseases

Posted on June 28, 2011 by donttradeourlivesaway

UN High Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases  is scheduled to be held on 19 and 20 September 2011 in New York. The meeting will address the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases worldwide, with a particular focus … Continue reading →

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Interventions on NCDs at World Health Assembly

Posted on May 27, 2011 by donttradeourlivesaway

At the 64th World Health Assembly (WHA) held in Geneva this month, during a discussion on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), many developing member states stressed on the importance of access to medicines and of addressing the … Continue reading →

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UAEM Statement on Access to Non-Communicable Diseases Treatment

Posted on May 26, 2011 by donttradeourlivesaway

Here is a statement about access to affordable treatments for noncommunicable diseases prepared for the World Health Assembly’s committee session on NCDs last week by Health Action International and Universities Allied for Essential Medicines. Despite being submitted in due time … Continue reading →

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WHO launched Global Status Report on Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs)

Posted on April 28, 2011 by donttradeourlivesaway

WHO’s report on NCDs says follow the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) to reduce number of deaths due to tobacco use. But continues to ignore MNCs like Phillip Morris which is suing countries for implementing FCTC!!!

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