CFD In The News

Trusting the African private sector with aid Taipei Times, Taiwan, July 03, 2008 Ahead of the G8 summit in Hokkaido, the usual merry-go-round is in process consisting of calls for greater aid, grandiose speaches, reports of failings, then further calls for even more aid. Fortunately the growing involvement of private sector organisations is providing hope for more efficient and effective health outcomes. more....

Conceptualizing approaches to trading in health Taipei Times, Taiwan, June 24, 2008 The benefits of trade have for too long been driven away from healthcare by ring-fenced nationalised systems and vested interests. Now evidence suggests that trade can slow the rise in healthcare costs and be a valuable source of revenue for developing countries. more....

AIDS fight drains health cash Toronto Sun, Canada, June 17, 2008 Two medical experts have dared to challenge the long-held assumption that AIDS would eventually morph into a worldwide heterosexual epidemic. more....

How surveys twist rankings on health care Providence Journal, USA, June 11, 2008 Proponents of nationalised healthcare systems frequently refer to the WHO ranking the US system a lowly 37th in the world. Yet how reliable are these rankings? Glen Whitman reveals their faults and underlying, ideological bias. more....

UN overstated Aids risk, says specialist The Observer, UK, June 08, 2008 UNAIDS had systematically exaggerated the global scale of AIDS and promoted myths about a 'generalized' pandemic, claims leading expert Professor James Chin. more....

Threat of world Aids pandemic among heterosexuals is over, report admits The Independent on Sunday, UK, June 08, 2008 Following Professor Jim Chin's exposure of the myths disseminated by UNAIDS, the World Health Organization has admitted that there is no threat of a global heterosexual pandemic. more....

Getting The Message: Good news on treatment. Bad news on propaganda. Economist, UK, June 05, 2008 Ahead of the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico, UNAIDS is accused of the misdirection of funds and failing to match policies with correct epidemiological data. more....

UN’s Russian roulette for poor patients Daily Star, Egypt, May 26, 2008 Sub-standard AIDS and malaria drugs can cause parasite resistance and clinical failure. Yet the Global Fund has been procuring such drugs for millions of low-income patients. more....

SA should avoid Britain’s public health mistakes Business Day, South Africa, May 19, 2008 The South African government is hoping to create a 'universal' health system by imposing increasingly onerous regulations on the private sector. Evidence from Britain's health system shows this is doomed to failure. more....

Myths behind AIDS might lead to billions in misspending China Post, Taiwan, May 18, 2008 UNAIDS has systematically perpetuated myths about the nature and scope of the AIDS pandemic. As a result, many billions of dollars have been wasted on prevention programmes that have no basis in science. more....

Malaria: poor drugs for poor people Globe and Mail, Canada, May 16, 2008 New field research shows that a third of anti-malaria drugs collected in six African cities fail at least one quality test, and aid agencies continue to fund untested, substandard drugs. The World Health Organization suggests that one-fifth of the approximately one million children who die every year from malaria die because of substandard and poorly prescribed medicines. This is poor medicine for poor people. more....

Malaria keeps killing millions The Sowetan, South Africa, May 15, 2008 Fake and substandard drugs produced by unscrupulous manufacturers is a real worry. more....

Threat to Modern Medicines The Korea Times, April 28, 2008 The WHO’s plans to push subsidised local drug production in Africa threaten to worsen the problem of substandard generics, placing the most vulnerable at risk. more....

A 'malaria day' resolution The American, April 23, 2008 Rolling back the insect-borne disease will require better coordination between aid agencies and private companies. more....

Ending the failing approach to healthcare The Nation, Nigeria, February 08, 2008 Despite massive increases of donor funding for health in Africa, things on the ground are not improving. It's time to examine new methods of delivering healthcare in Africa, says Nigerian analyst Thompson Ayodele. more....

Asinine activism Washington Times, December 30, 2007 Many technologies - ranging from pesticides to GM crops - have an enormous net benefit for human health. But these technologies are demonised by the unscientific scaremongering of activist groups. more....

Hot air and human health China Post, December 13, 2007 The cost of cutting greenhouse gas emissions would have drastic implications for human health, causing worldwide recession. If the WHO is serious about improving the health of the poor, it should stop trying to push emissions caps and focus on the real barriers to good health. more....

Pesticides are good for you Providence Journal, USA, October 14, 2007 A scare story about pesticides and prostate cancer in the Caribbean made big headlines with little or no proof: in fact, we are far healthier with modern chemicals than we would be without them. more....

Spare Africa the medicine of the new colonisers Business Day, South Africa, October 10, 2007 Unaccountable western NGOs have great influence over the health policies of African governments. The only problem is, they normally get things wrong. more....

Latest Reports

»	The myth of a "general" AIDS pandemic May 27, 2008 Leading epidemiologist Professor Jim Chin explains how the exaggeration of a 'general' AIDS pandemic by UNAIDS has resulted in billions of dollars of unnecessary and misdirected spending. more....
»	Trouble in the Ranks: How the World Health Organization unfairly evaluates national health care systems May 14, 2008 The World Health Organization's health systems rankings influence health reforms all over the world. The rankings are a supposedly impartial guide to the relative performance of global health systems, but this new study shows them to be statistically dubious, misleading and ideologically biased towards taxpayer-funded systems. more....
»	Local pharmaceutical production in developing countries: How economic protectionism undermines access to quality medicines February 01, 2008 Donors are urging African governments to support local pharmaceutical production, in order to reduce costs and boost local scientific capacity. However, in many cases it may save money to follow the laws of economics and import drugs from countries that specialise in drug production. Using public monies to prop up local pharma companies, moreover, can encourage corruption and undermine the supply of safe, effective drugs. more....
»	On the trail of a cure: reality and rhetoric on treating malaria April 02, 2007 Despite a record level of philanthropic and multilateral funding for malaria, there are still significant problems in the procurement and delivery of malaria drugs. These easily solvable problems are undermining the effectiveness of donor funding. more....
»	Fighting the diseases of poverty March 21, 2007 How does economic globalisation affect health? Why is access to medicines in many poor countries so low? Why, despite recored levels of spending, are intergovernmental efforts to fight disease so ineffectual? These questions and others are addressed in this new book. more....
»	Counterfeit Medicines in Less Developed Countries: Problems and solutions May 03, 2006 This paper from the CFD examines the scale and scope of drug counterfeiting in lower income countries and suggests some strategies which would help limit their manufacture and supply. Pulsar aquí para leer la versión en Castellano. more....