UN health R&D summit 'leaves the greater part of the job undone.' MSF's Statement at the close of the UN Health R&D Summit
Food Crisis Campaign director talks to the BBC about the food crisis and highlights children's special nutritional needs
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MSF statement at the close of UN health R&D summit03 May 2008 |
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A UN health research and development (R&D) summit concluded in Geneva on May 4th 2008 has failed to take concrete action towards reforming a medical innovation system that largely disregards the health needs of millions of people in developing countries. |
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Two-Year Process to Overhaul Health R&D System Reaches Critical Stage at UN Summit28 April 2008 |
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28 April 2008 Geneva – This week, more than 150 countries at a UN health R&D summit in Geneva have a chance to put right a great wrong. At the heart of the problem is a broken system of medical research and development (R&D) which largely disregards the health needs of millions of people in developing countries |
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Food Aid Basket Missing Critical Ingredients23 April 2008 |
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MSF response to The Lancet series on malnutrition17 January 2008 |
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London, 16 January 2008 – A series on maternal and child undernutrition in the medical journal, The Lancet, is off target in its analysis and recommendations on tackling malnutrition and is undermining efforts to promote urgently needed change. |
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People in Southeast Asia needlessly becoming blind due to a neglected virus01 December 2007 |
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Geneva/Bangkok 1st December 2007 – Failure to diagnose and treat cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMV) in people with AIDS is leading to unnecessary blindness, according to a paper published today in the... |
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UN health talks could lead to new ways of developing urgently needed drugs and diagnostics07 November 2007 |
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Geneva- 5th November 2007 – Health talks opening today in Geneva have the potential to change the way medical research is conducted and ensure that urgently needed products are developed and made... |
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MSF and TB experts call for new approach to test TB drugs06 November 2007 |
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Geneva, 6th November 2207 - Drug developers can speed up the development of urgently needed new tuberculosis drugs by adopting a different strategy, the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins... |
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MSF Warns More Food will not save malnourished children10 October 2007 |
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The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today called for increased and expanded use of nutrient dense ready-to-use food (RUF) to reduce the five million... |
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After Indian court ruling, MSF hands over petition with 420,000 signatures to Novartis08 August 2007 |
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MSF asks company not to pursue case |
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Indian court ruling in Novartis case protects India as the 'Pharmacy of the Developing World'06 August 2007 |
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New Delhi/Geneva, August 6, 2007 – The landmark decision by the High Court in Chennai to uphold India's Patents Act in the face of the challenge by Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis is a major... |
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