Transnational corporations
Obesity pandemic at the World Health Assembly: when the unhinged market feeds disease
This year’s World Health Assembly prominently featured discussions obesity. However, the implementation of serious policies to deal with the issue is being undermined by the multi-stakeholder approach, which is letting industries influence the conversation.
Why should health activists care about WTO’s agenda?
While the recently cancelled WTO Ministerial Council was supposed to discuss the TRIPS waiver, its agenda included other topics that should be taken seriously by health activists
- Death toll from floods in Rio Grande do Sul rises to 90, affecting more than 1 million people
- Floods wreak havoc on southern Brazilian state with 83 confirmed deaths
- Israel shuts down Al Jazeera operations in the country
- Universal Health Coverage: A failure of implementation or strategy?
- Glimmers of hope in Gaza ceasefire talks
