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Sarah BoseleySarah Boseley's global health blogExperts call for global research fund for antibiotics, Ebola and other neglected diseasesThere were no drugs to treat Ebola in the outbreak that devastated three west African countries, other diseases of the poor are neglected and the pipeline of new antibiotics has dried up. Experts are calling for a $10 billion fund to pay for research and development ahead of the World Health Assembly in Geneva next week
- Sarah Boseley's global health blogHow WHO revised its self-criticism over Ebola handlingThe WHO issued a statement acknowledging failings in the handling of the Ebola crisis - and then corrected it just an hour later with the release of a version that had been substantially toned-down. Here are the changes that were made.
- Sarah Boseley's global health blogPharma accused of restricting access to hep C drug in poor countriesNew drugs for hepatitis C are a major breakthrough but hugely expensive in rich countries. Pharma giant Gilead will allow cheap copies to be made for poor countries - but only for patients with proof of identification and citizenship and the drug supplies will be closely tracked
- Sarah Boseley's global health blogMeasles eradication plans have stalled, says WHOMeasles deaths have gone up, not down, in the last year. Progress towards elimination of the disease that kills and disables thousands of children has stopped in its tracks as funding has been cut back in the global recession