AIDS Pandemic
As “free market” fails to deliver enough vaccine
Obama declares US national emergency over H1N1 flu
By Tom Eley, October 26, 2009
Major pharmaceuticals that contracted with the US government to provide vaccines against the swine flu have delivered only a fraction of what was anticipated, leaving thousands to wait in lines for a ...
WHO report discloses extent of global health inequality
By Barry Mason, September 25, 2008
In August the World Health Organisation (WHO) published a report, “Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health.”
Deaths from AIDS dwarf war casualties in Africa
By Barry Mason, September 18, 1999
Carol Bellamy, executive director of UNICEF, gave a sharp warning to the International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Africa held in Lusaka, Zambia this week. She described th...
