DIIP Monthly Update – April 2018
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of April 2018.
Social Development
DIIP Monthly Update – March 2018
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of March 2018.
SC Lunch Briefing with the Executive Director, 17 April 2018
Title: The Global South Facing a New Era of Unilateralism and Protectionism: Challenges and Prospects
Date: Tuesday, 17 April 2018, 13h00-15h00
Venue: Room XXIII, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Organizers: The South Centre
Statement, May 2018
South Centre Statement at the Meeting of Ministers of Health of the Member States of the Non-Aligned Movement
The South Centre reiterates its commitment to support the Non-Aligned countries so that there is close and effective cooperation among developing countries to strengthen a global health agenda. WHO was created as an international public agency in the service of global health. Recovering and reinforcing this role should be the work of all.
South Bulletin 101, 18 April 2018
AMR: The gravest threat to global health
Antibiotic resistance—and the broader antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – is a silent but major killer. In fact it is emerging as the most serious threat to global health, with experts warning of a “post-antibiotics apocalypse”.
This special issue of South Bulletin focuses on the AMR crisis, especially on how it affects developing countries—and the great challenges on fighting this threat.
IP Negotiations Monitor 24, April 2018
The IP Negotiations Monitor summarizes the latest developments in multilateral and regional fora where intellectual property negotiations are taking place, and informs on upcoming meetings and events.
(Covering period: January – March 2018)
Regional Workshop on Antimicrobial Resistance in South-East Asia, 26-28 March 2018
Title: Regional Workshop on Antimicrobial Resistance in South-East Asia
Date: 26-28 March 2018
Venue: Penang, Malaysia
Organizers: The South Centre and Third World Network
DIIP Monthly Update – February 2018
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of February 2018.
DIIP Monthly Update – January 2018
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of January 2018.
Policy Brief 46, March 2018
Outcomes of the 142nd session of the WHO Executive Board
The 142nd session of the WHO Executive Board discussed several critical public health issues including a recommendation to the WHA to approve the General Program of Work (GPW), the adoption of important decisions relating to access to medicines and research and development and a draft resolution on the preparation of the UN High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis.
G77 briefing on health-related issues with the South Centre, 16 February 2018
Title: G77 briefing on health-related issues with the South Centre
Date: 16 February 2018, 1:00-2:30 PM
Venue: Conference Room 5, United Nations, New York
Organizers: The South Centre
SouthViews No. 162, 2 February 2018
Menace of drug resistance growing
By Anthony D So
This week the Prince Mahidol Awards conference will bring a global spotlight to the threat of emerging infectious diseases. The growing challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will feature prominently in these discussions. The timing could not be better, but we urgently need to see more action on the part of the UN Interagency Coordination Group on AMR and key intergovernmental agencies gathering in Bangkok. (more…)