TWN Info Service on Health Issues (2005)

• WHO Board adopts decision on trade and health (18 Nov 05)
• Impasse on TRIPS talks and the Health permanent solution (18 Nov 05)
• Roche's Secret, Sub-Licenses for Tamiflu will not help poor (09 Nov 05)
• WTO should review TRIPS/health decision in view of avian flu (31 Oct 05)
• Avian Flu Threat (25 Oct 05)
• WHO:Chronic diseases could kill 35 million in 2005 (11 Oct 05)
• WHO Board debates and defers decision on trade and health (21 June 05)
• Irrational drug use causing rise of anti-microbial resistance (21 June 05)
• WHA ends with many resolutions on global health (21 June 05)
• WHA adopts landmark International Health Regulations (15 June 05)
• At WHA, countries express concern over smallpox research (15 June 05)
• WHA committee approves resolution on health regulations (15 June 05)
• More countries use compulsory license, but new problems emerge (15 June 05)
• MSF criticises WHO's weakness in drug prequalification project (15 June 05)
• Imminent flu pandemic may kill millions, warn WHO experts (15 June 05)
• World Health Assembly opens with calls for more health financing (15 June 05)