Archive: Jul 2012

Phil Brown, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Stephen Zavestoski, and the Contested Illnesses Research Group University of California Press (December 2011) ISBN 9780520270213 352 pages $29.95 In Contested Illnesses, Phil Brown, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Stephen…

Reuters notes that the United Nations AIDS program has released a report linking  improved access to antiretroviral drugs as a major factor in the decreased incidence of deaths from HIV and AIDS.The report was released just ahead of the International…

David H. Stone Radcliffe Publishing (April 2012) ISBN 9781846194719 254 pages $49.95 In The Growing Global Public Health Crisis and How to Address It, David Stone writes about the current state of global health and explains why such issues are relevant…

AlertNet reports that even amid government pledges to allow for easier access to food relief in areas of conflict around Sudan’s border states, aid groups believe these populations are still in danger of famine. The proposal was first suggested by a…

The European Parliament’s rejection of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has been lauded as a positive move towards “ensuring continued access to affordable and essential drugs and medication essential for the fulfillment of the right to…

George J. Annas Oxford University Press (June 2011) ISBN 9780199840717 335 pages $24.95 Available at Amazon.com In Worst Case Bioethics: Death, Disaster, and Public Health, George Annas examines bioethics and ensuing policy through responses to the…