Health and Education
Posted Tue, 02/17/2009 - 16:53 by muenda
17 Feb – Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline should be congratulated for breaking industry ranks and taking a major step toward helping poor people in developing countries toread more
Posted Thu, 02/12/2009 - 01:21 by muenda
The realization of the right to health for millions of people in poor countries depends upon a massive increase in health services to achieve universal and equitable access.read more
Posted Thu, 02/12/2009 - 00:23 by muenda
Washington, DC – Rich country donors and the World Bank are wasting money and risking lives by continuing to push unproven and discredited private healthcare programs in poor cread more
Posted Wed, 02/11/2009 - 13:32 by muenda
Good health care is a fundamental right, not a luxury.read more
Posted Tue, 12/09/2008 - 12:04 by muenda
Malawi is one of the world’s least-developed countries, ranked number 166 of 177 countries in the UN Human Development Index.read more
Posted Thu, 11/13/2008 - 00:32 by muenda
New approaches to end neglect of medical R&D for the poorest are neededNovember 13th 2008: Governments and the pharmaceutical industry are still failing to develop new medicines and varead more
Posted Thu, 11/13/2008 - 00:18 by muenda
Diseases that disproportionately affect the developing world cause immense suffering and ill health.
- Medical innovation has the potential to deliver nread more
Posted Fri, 10/10/2008 - 15:08 by muenda
Millions of women throughout the world are the victims of poverty and conflict.read more
Posted Wed, 10/01/2008 - 09:31 by muenda
Ahead of a crucial meeting in New York next week to assess the state of the world’s fight against global poverty, international agency Oxfam called on world leaders to redoubleread more
Posted Wed, 09/24/2008 - 10:46 by muenda
Where commitments to meet the Millennium Development Goals have been met, millions of people are now better off.read more
Posted Tue, 09/23/2008 - 23:31 by muenda
When the UN meets this week to discuss the Millennium Development Goals maternal mortality will be high on the agenda.read more
Posted Mon, 09/22/2008 - 10:29 by muenda
Ahead of a crucial meeting in New York next week to assess the state of the world’s fight against global poverty, international agency Oxfam called on world leaders to redoubleread more
Posted Tue, 09/02/2008 - 16:05 by muenda
Breakthrough on real reforms urgently needed, says OxfamAccra, Ghana: After a day of intense negotiations in Accra, Ghana, pressure is building for a breakthrough at aread more
Posted Fri, 08/08/2008 - 16:31 by muenda
(Mexico City) The International AIDS Conference concluded today without a clear plan or any new impetus to reach the 2010 target of universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatmentread more
Posted Thu, 08/07/2008 - 21:24 by muenda
Aggressive Patenting Costs Lives, says Oxfam(Mexico City) Legal maneuvering by multinational companies restricting access to essential medicines contradicts their encouraginread more
Posted Wed, 08/06/2008 - 09:00 by muenda
New report launched at International AIDS ConferenceMexico City: A new report by international agency Oxfam and the World Population Foundation says health officials have waread more
Posted Mon, 08/04/2008 - 15:59 by muenda
(Mexico City) Inadequate donor financing and aggressive tactics by multinational pharmaceutical companies threaten to derail efforts to achieve universal access to HIV/AIDS preventioread more