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Fran Quigley In the interview that accompanied President-elect Donald Trump’s Time magazine Person of the Year story, he said, “I’m going to bring down drug prices. I don’t like what has happened with drug prices.” If you don’t find yourself…

Magda Matache, Guest Editor: Romani Global Diaspora: Implementation of the Right to Health, in Health and Human Rights, December 2017 The Health and Human Rights Journal is calling for papers for a special section on Romani Global Diaspora:…

Fran Quigley The long list of complaints about the current system of medicine access and pharmacological research is well-known and well-documented, including in the Health and Human Rights Journal. Those complaints start with patients facing…

By Sharifah Sekalala They say, ‘that what gets measured gets done!’1 On 26 August 2016 all 54 African leaders agreed to create a scorecard on Domestic Financing for Health. This scorecard will collate and publish data from all African countries on…

David Line and Allen Line This summer has intensified the discussion in the United States about “Black Lives Matter”. This motto and movement became more prominent after the shooting of a Black man in Ferguson, Missouri, in July…

By Fran Quigley The United Nations Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on Access to Medicines has issued its widely anticipated report. Previously in this space, I had expressed optimism about the likely substance of the panel’s likely findings. I…