TWN Info Service on Health Issues (2018)

• South Africa challenges North on curbing anti-competitive behaviour
  by D. Ravi Kanth (09 Nov 18)
• England's top medical officer wants deaths from drug resistance recorded
  (23 Oct 18)
• Drug-resistant superbug spreading through hospitals undetected worldwide
  (12 Oct 18)
• Increased focus on newer endemic diseases contributes to leprosy increase
  by Elisio Muchanga (19 Sept 18)
• Pizza Hut pledges antibiotic-free chicken in US by 2022
  (06 Sept 18)
• Klebsiella superbug and resistant genes shared among different
  (23 Aug 18)
• CRE is a threat to health, warns ECDC
  (21 Aug 18)
• Low antibiotic levels in the environment may spur resistance
  (17 Aug 18)
• Prisons are factories for TB epidemic
  by David Bryden (16 Aug 18)
• Improvements needed to whistleblower policies in UN system
  by Kanaga Raja (14 Aug 18)
• Dangerous complacency towards HIV pandemic risks resurgence
  (13 Aug 18)
• Report says progress in global AMR efforts but gaps remain
  (09 Aug 18)
• Why India's IP policy needs a South African tweak
  by Shirin Syed (08 Aug 18)
• Global review finds antibiotics frequently supplied without prescription
  (06 Aug 18)
• India: Poor urban women have higher risk for CA-AMR with ESBL
  (03 Aug 18)
• Drug resistance takes devastating toll on families in India
  (02 Aug 18)
• Antibiotic resistance spreads through air we breathe
  by Emma Betuel (01 Aug 18)
• EU should fight antimicrobial resistance with better incentives
  (27 Jul 18)
• Sanofi quits R & D on anti-infectives despite industry AMR Declaration commitments
  (25 Jul 18)
• Novartis dumps antibiotic research
  (23 Jul 18)
• Penicillin allergy linked to increased risks of MRSA and C. difficile
  (20 Jul 18)
• Big Pharma using social media to muddy the waters on overuse of animal antibiotics
  (18 Jul 18)
• US threatened Ecuador and WHO over breastfeeding resolution
  (17 Jul 18)
• Study shows how antibiotic use affects resistance in urinary E.coli
  (13 Jul 18)
• Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance Together
  (12 Jul 18)
• Australia's tobacco plain packaging not WTO-illegal, says WTO
  by Kanaga Raja (09 Jul 18)
• Australia wins major WTO ruling over tobacco plain packaging
  by Kanaga Raja (09 Jul 18)
• New research reveals where colistin resistance gene mcr-1 started
  by David Nield (06 Jul 18)
• Triclosan is causing antibiotic resistance
  (05 Jul 18)
• Clean water access needed to defeat superbugs
  by Abhilasha Karkey (04 Jul 18)
• Scientists find link between increases in local temperature and antibiotic resistance
  by Kat J. McAlpine (28 Jun 18)
• NRDC report: antibiotic overuse in pig production contributing to spread of antibiotic resistance
  (27 Jun 18)
• Pollution of estuaries worldwide with antibiotic-resistant bacteria threatens seafood
  (25 Jun 18)
• Antibiotics among pollutants making agriculture the greatest source of water pollution
  (21 Jun 18)
• IACG opens public consultation
  (19 Jun 18)
• WIPO Proposal to amend PCT Regulations undermines TRIPS flexibilities
  by TWN (15 Jun 18)
• EU junks strategy to tackle drug pollution
  (14 Jun 18)
• Trump calls WTO a disaster, but wants new disciplines on innovation
  by D. Ravi Kanth (14 Jun 18)
• Antibiotic resistance crisis worsens due to fragile global supply
  (12 Jun 18)
• South Africa's New Intellectual Property Policy
  (11 Jun 18)
• New drug-resistant superbug behind deadly typhoid outbreak in Pakistan
  (07 Jun 18)
• FAO chief - Stop using antibiotics as animal growth promoters
  (31 May 18)
• China-South Africa for strengthened TRIPS flexibilities
  by D. Ravi Kanth (30 May 18)
• Weed Out Evergreen Patents
  by Shirin Syed (28 May 18)
• Civil Society groups meet to tackle anti-microbial resistance
  (28 May 18)
• WHO: Proposed work program on "fair price" undermines affordability of medicines
  by K. M. Gopakumar (22 May 18)
• WHO: Non-communicable diseases draft report favours corporate interest
  by K. M. Gopakumar (21 May 18)
• WHO: Majority of NCD Civil Society Working Group receives industry funding
  by K. M. Gopakumar & Amit Sengupta (21 May 18)
• Landmark Asian AMR workshop -- Brief Report
  (18 May 18)
• KEI on Trump's efforts to raise drug prices internationally
  by Kanaga Raja (15 May 18)
• Press Release - New affordable hepatitis C combination treatment shows 97% cure rate
  (12 Apr 18)
• United Nations: Israel in profound breach of the right to health in OPT
  by Kanaga Raja (23 Mar 18)
• 4th People's Health Assembly (15-19 November 2018) - 40th anniversary of Alma Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care
  (05 Mar 18)
• Developing nations, LDCs demand TRIPS flexibilities implementation
  by D. Ravi Kanth (21 Feb 18)
• Call for Watchers for WHA71 in May 2018
  (21 Feb 18)
• Menace of drug resistance growing
  by Anthony D So (05 Feb 18)
• High levels of antibiotic resistance to serious infections, says WHO
  by Kanaga Raja (02 Feb 18)
• WHO surveillance finds high levels of antimicrobial resistance worldwide
  (30 Jan 18)
• SouthViews: Critical issues to watch in 2018
  by Martin Khor (05 Jan 18)