This paper looks at the effects of WTO/TRIPS and pharmaceuticals on women. The focus is on the poor and women. The … benefits of health and modern pharmaceuticals. Access to generic low-priced medicines – including medicines for HIV AIDS …

Contemporary civil wars are rooted in a partial or complete breakdown of the social contract, often involving disputes … over public spending, resource revenues, and taxation. A feasible social contract gives potential rebels something akin to … after war must rebuild the social contract. The chances of success increase if the economy can achieve broad- based growth …

Poor quality essential medicines, both substandard and counterfeit, are serious but neglected public health problems … by confusion and controversy over definitions. For counterfeit (or falsified) medicines, this has arisen from perceived … intellectual property or trade issues, should be the prime consideration in defining and combating counterfeit medicines, and that …