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On Friday, March 5, 2010, over thirty Canadian health stakeholders (representing patients, providers, government, academics and industry) participated in a roundtable meeting to discuss the new paradigm of benefit-risk introduced in Bill C-51.
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The joint WHO/UNICEF/World Bank briefing served primarily to launch their State of the World’s Vaccines and Immunization Report.
While the report contained encouraging results, these organizations stressed the need to continued vigilance and called on donor nations to address the funding gap that still leaves millions of children at risk.
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The Pre-WHA Civil Society Forum (“Equity, Justice and Health”) was co-organized by the People’s Health Movement, Third World Network and the World Council of Churches in order to “share concerns and recommend actions that civil society views as being of critical importance for advances in global Health and health equity.”
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Written by Elisabeth Fowler,
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The following policy brief has been commissioned by The Canadian Continence Foundation (TCCF) to help government address the unmet needs of Canadians living with incontinence. Incontinence is a chronic condition that continues to carry an enormous stigma. Incontinence can impact all parts of a
persons’ life: social interactions, sex life, ability to work, travel, play sports, and participate in community life.
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In August 2006 the World Health Organization (WHO) established the WHO Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property (IGWG). The IGWG must deliver by May 2008 a “global strategy and plan of action” for boosting research and development (R&D) of medicines for non-prioritized or neglected diseases, predominantly found in developing countries.
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