Access to medicines Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Prescription for Poverty: Drug companies as tax dodgers, price gougers, and influence peddlers

18/09/2018

7 documents

80 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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New Oxfam research shows that four pharmaceutical corporations – Abbott, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and Pfizer – systematically hide their profits in overseas tax havens. This activity could deprive developing countries of more than $100 million every year – money that is urgently needed to meet the health needs of people in these countries – […]

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Briefing note

Harmful Side Effects: How drug companies undermine global health

18/09/2018

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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New Oxfam research shows that four pharmaceutical companies – Abbott, Johnson & Johnson, Merck and Pfizer – systematically hide their profits in overseas tax havens. They appear to deprive developing countries of more than $100m (around £80m) every year – money that is urgently needed to meet the health needs of people in these countries […]

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Issue briefing

High-Priced Medicines and Lack of Needs-Driven Innovation: A global crisis that fuels inequality

22/09/2017

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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New opportunities and challenges one year after the landmark report of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines On 14 September 14 2016, the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines publicly released its final report entitled ‘Promoting innovation and access to health technologies’. One year after the release of the landmark […]

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Technical briefing

Report of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on human rights and medicines: Oxfam’s response

14/09/2016

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

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In December 2015, the UN Secretary-General set up a High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines to ‘recommend solutions for remedying the policy incoherence between the justifiable rights of inventors, international human rights law, trade rules and public health in the context of health technologies’. Oxfam International Executive Director Winnie Byanyima is one of the 16 […]

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Research report

Relationships Between Recovery and Relapse, and Default and Repeated Episodes of Default in the Management of Acute Malnutrition in Children in Humanitarian Emergencies: A systematic review protocol

13/04/2016

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

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This protocol outlines plans for conducting a mixed-methods systematic review on acute malnutrition in humanitarian crises. The review will investigate the relationship between recovery/cure and relapse, and between relapse and default and/or return defaults/episodes of default in the management of acute malnutrition in children under five in humanitarian emergencies. The review will also explore the […]

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Research report

Ebola Impact Revealed: An assessment of the differing impact of the outbreak on the women and men in Liberia

01/07/2015

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

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This research report examines the differing impacts of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia on women, men, girls and boys. Focusing on the areas of agriculture and livelihoods; gender-based violence; access to health services; and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), it looks at women’s involvement in the national response to the outbreak, as well as community […]

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Discussion paper

Financing Healthcare for All in India: Towards a Common Goal

29/05/2015

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper explores available evidence, contextualises and maps the debate in India around financing healthcare for all. While the focus is on healthcare in response to current policy debates, Oxfam India recognises the crucial importance of adopting a holistic approach to health, addressing factors such as nutrition and sanitation, and broader social determinants of health.

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Briefing note

Oxfam in Action: Creating awareness to improve maternal health in Jharkhand

23/03/2015

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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‘Improving Maternal Health in India’, an Oxfam-DFID project, was implemented in 420 villages across 6 States from 2012. It sought to improve maternal health status by building the capacity of communities to demand, access and monitor public health services. This document reviews the programme in Jharkhand where the CSO CINI is using an integrated approach […]

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Briefing paper

Oxfam in Action: Activating village-level monitoring to improve maternal health in Bihar

23/03/2015

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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‘Improving Maternal Health in India’, an Oxfam-DFID programme running since 2012, was implemented in 420 villages across 6 states. It sought to improve maternal health status by building capacity in communities to demand, access and monitor public health services. This document describes how the CSOs BGVP and BVHA in Bihar are bringing about change by […]

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Research report

Access to Cancer Treatment: A study of medicine pricing issues with recommendations for improving access to cancer medication

04/02/2015

1 documents

58 pages long

Languages: English

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According to the World Health Organization, cancer is one of the leading causes of death around the world, with 8.2 million deaths in 2012. More than 60 percent of the world’s new cases of cancer occur in Africa, Asia, and Central and South America and these regions account for 70 percent of the world’s cancer […]

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