For many poor citizens of the South the access to essential medicines is often a question of life or death while in the European Union and in the US the present cost of medical drugs is meaning a growing financial…
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“Getting to know you”, Haiti and bitter medicine for the poor
http://www.davidhammerstein.com/article–getting-to-know-you-haiti-and-bitter-medicine-for-the-poor-who-2–43368770.html At a crucial moment of this week´s meeting at the WHO, in the midst of a heated debate between the South and rich countries on access to medicine, Director General Margaret Chan decided to open up a three hour…
EU and US block moves for greater access to essential medicines for world´s poor
The battle lines have been drawn at the World Health Organization this week in Geneva. On one side many countries from the South, led by Brazil, India and Bolivia supported by NGOs, are pushing for changes to guarantee much greater…