TWN Info Service on Health Issues (2006)

• UN Treaty shines light on disabled inequality by Haider Rizvi (19 December 06)
• UNDP: Arab women face double portion of suffering by Nabil Sultan (18 December 06)
• Development: A vicious circle of sexism and deprivation by Haider Rizvi (15 December 06)
• WHO's mandate on IPRs under US attack by Riaz K Tayob (14 December 06)
• Health: US gag rule killing women by Stephen Leahy (13 December 06)
• Cuba: Vaccines to battle diseases and Big Pharma by Patricia Grogg (12 December 06)
• American GM rice found in Africa by Chee Yoke Heong and Lim Li Ching (11 December 06)
• Reducing maternal mortality stymied by lack of funds and absence of national laws by Marwaan Macan-Markar (07 December 06)
• WHO needs to get serious about high cost of new AIDS drugs by Kanaga Raja (06 December 06)
• Transgenic rice is no magic bullet to solve hunger by Chee Yoke Heong (05 December 06)
• Developing countries face problems in providing social services by Riaz K Tayob (01 December 06)
• Unexploded weapons: The silent killers in the world’s war zones by Thalif Deen (30 November 06)
• New WHO Report warns of fluoride in drinking water (29 November 06)
• Health problems increase as ozone hole widens by Stephen Leahy (29 November 06)
• Western fast foods and lifestyle contribute to diabetes in Asian kids by Marwaan Macan-Markar (28 November 06)
• Scientists propose curbs on toxic chemicals by Julio Godoy (27 November 06)
• Climate change already hitting Africa by Martin Khor (25 November 06)
• Development: Need for global action plan to tackle water and sanitation crisis by Kanaga Raja (23 November 06)
• UN: HRC denounces Israeli violations in Beit Hanoun by Kanaga Raja (22 November 06)
• Declaration ignored by the rich countries by Kanaga Raja (17 November 06)
• WHO cannot delegate leadership responsibility to tackle TB crisis by Kanaga Raja (08 November 06)
• Hunger due to injustice and free market famines by Tito Drago (07 November 06)
• Guatemala: Devoured by malnutrition by Alberto Mendoza (06 November 06)
• Lebanon: Casualties continue despite end of Israeli invasion by Haider Rizvi (03 November 06)
• Mexico: Health insurance scheme that serves the poor by Sanjay Suri (02 November 06)
• Big Pharma's Dirty Tricks Exposed by Evelyn Hong (14 October 06)
• United Nations: Criticisms of joint report on Lebanon situation by Kanaga Raja (12 October 06)
• Cuba: US cuts its nose to spite its face by Patricia Grogg (11 October 06)
• What's Really Behind the Bird Flu Outbreaks? by Dr. Sherri Tenpenny (09 October 06)
• FDA in Third World Drug Trial Scandals by Sam Burcher and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho (05 October 06)
• Collective Punishment on the Palestinians by Kanaga Raja (30 September 06)
• Lack of universal access to HIV/AIDS drugs threatens lives by Stephen Leahy (23 August 06)
• The Humanitarian Crisis in Occupied Palestine by John Dugard (11 July 06)
• A Healthy Environment Prevents Deaths and Disease by Gustavo Capdevila (20 June 06)
• WHA forms working group on IPRs and health R&D by Martin Khor (17 June 06)
• An ‘exceptional’ World Health Assembly by Martin Khor (17 June 06)
• Civil society groups unhappy with AIDS Summit outcome by Thalif Deen (13 June 06)
• UN taking stock of AIDS by Thalif Deen (13 June 06)
• Big Tobacco Fights Anti Tobacco Treaty by Gustavo Capdevila (12 June 06)
• WHA urged to act on high cost of bird flu vaccines by Lim Li Ching (09 June 06)
• No agreement on smallpox virus stocks by Edward Hammond (09 June 06)
• Brief Review of the World Health Assembly by Martin Khor (29 May 06)
• WHA to discuss IPRs and R&D framework by Martin Khor (29 May 06)
• WHO Director-General dies by Kanaga Raja (23 May 06)
• NGOs call World Health Assembly to take measures on smallpox stocks by Lim Li Ching (25 May 06)
• Indian opposition to drug patents by Sangeeta Shashikant (23 May 06)
• Biopirates earn millions in profits from African bio-resources (06 Mar 06)
• World Health Assembly opens with calls for more health financing (15 June 05)