Launching GHW-3

Posted Sun, 10/16/2011 - 16:29

Global Health Watch 3 will be launched on 19 October 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

For First Time, Unicef Reveals Differences in Prices it Pays Drug Companies for Vaccines

Posted Wed, 06/01/2011 - 08:42

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Published: May 27, 2011

The United Nations Children’s Fund on Friday publicly listed for the first time the price it pays for vaccines.

The decision — which immediately revealed wide disparities in what vaccine makers charge — could lead to drastic cuts in prices for vaccines that save millions of children’s lives.

Unicef paid $747 million for vaccines last year, buying over two billion doses for 58 percent of the world’s children.

PHM Statement at the 64th WHA on Future Financing of WHO

Posted Mon, 05/16/2011 - 14:57
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Are donors and not its mandate controlling WHO?

Posted Mon, 05/09/2011 - 13:39
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More than 80% of WHO's funding today is through tied projects or programs. Is this dictating the policies of WHO to the detriment of its original vision of public health? Professor David Legge discusses these issues with Newsclick.