Sanjay Suri
LONDON, Oct 20 2009 (IPS) – The European Union is intercepting big shipments of medicines on their way to poorer countries, according to a new report published Tuesday.
The generic medicines, coming mostly from India and headed for Latin American countries, have been intercepted and blocked on the grounds of alleged infringement of intellectual property rights.
A report produced jointly by Oxfam and the independent Health Action International says the generic shipments are legitimate under WTO rules.
India and Brazil are due to file a complaint against the Netherlands before the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after it seized a shipment of anti-HIV drugs headed from India via Europe to Brazil, Colombia and Nigeria.
Although in transit, the …
A group of displaced men, women, and children find refuge at a church on the outskirts of Nyunzu village in eastern Congo. Pastor Mbuyu (pictured) looks after them. Credit: NRC/Christian Jepsen
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 13 2018 (IPS) – Conflicts have uprooted millions across several African nations and we must not forget them, said a human rights group.
Norwegian Refugee Council’s (NRC) timely message was published through their annual list of the worlds most neglected displacement crises.
“It’s a sad pattern that we are once again seeing that the crises on the African continent seldom make media headlines or reach foreign policy agendas before it is too …
The writer* is Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology & Nutrition, Director CardioMetabolic Institute, USA
UN Secretary-General António Guterres (right) speaks with Yeashea Braddock, Operations Manager at the Morris High School vaccination site, after getting his second vaccine shot against COVID-19 at that High School in the Bronx, New York. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
NEW JERSEY, USA, May 6 2021 (IPS) – There is considerable evidence that vitamin D reduces the risk and severity of COVID-19 ( ; ). More than 50 clinical studies have published confirming that high doses of vitamin D administered early in persons with COVID-19 significantly reduce complications a…