The conference has heard a lot about what we have learned in the past in terms of approaches to tackling HIV and AIDS. But a session today made the case…
International AIDS Conference, Mexico, Day 4
International AIDS Conference, Mexico, Day 2
The second day of the International AIDS Conference saw what was possibly the shortest side session in its history. Entitled ‘Sex workers are everywhere’ Andrew Hunter of the Asia Pacific…
International AIDS Conference, Mexico City
The role of pleasure in encouraging safer sex With over 20,000 participants and a plethora of formal abstract driven sessions and cultural events the International AIDS Conference, currently taking place…
AVIAN ‘FLU: THE POLITICS AND POLICY PROCESSES OF A GLOBAL RESPONSE
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member When the potential of a flu pandemic derived from Avian Influenza emerged, alarm bells rang across the world. The prospect of a major public…
HOW WILL WE FINANCE FUTURE HEALTH SYSTEMS?
KATE HAWKINS, Future Health Systems member Day 2 of the Geneva Health Forum was characterised by discussions about the most appropriate mechanisms to finance functioning health systems and what changes…
TOMORROW’S HEALTH SYSTEMS: IN PHASE WITH REALITY?
by KATE HAWKINS, STEPS Centre Member Members of the Future Health Systems Research Programme Consortium are actively engaging in discussions at the Geneva Health Forum. The conference began in dramatic…
CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
by GERRY BLOOM & HILARY STANDING, STEPS Centre members It is thirty years since the Alma Ata Declaration outlined an international consensus on the need to provide universal access to…
ARE ANTIBIOTICS BECOMING A ‘NON SUSTAINABLE’ DRUG SUPPLY?
With increasing resistance to existing antibiotics and little incentive for pharmaceutical companies to invest in new ones, developing countries face a serious challenge combating killer diseases such as tuberculosis and…
LIQUID DYNAMICS: WORLD SANITATION & HYGIENE WEEK
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member The effects of recurring floods and droughts, the deaths of 6,000 babies daily from waterborne diseases and growing sanitation problems in booming peri-urban and…
ASBESTOS WORKERS LOBBY PARLIAMENT
By LINDA WALDMAN STEPS Centre member ‘Disgraceful’, ’a class decision’ and ‘an outright injustice’ were just some of the angry phrases heard as people from all over the country joined…