Mar 17, 2012 | environment, Global Public Health, Passage au crible (English)
By Valérie Le Brenne Translation: Pierre Chabal
On February 13th, 2012, the high court of Lyon, France, ruled that the American firm Monsanto was guilty of the poisoning of a grain farmer by a pesticide, Lasso, banned in France since 2007…
Jan 11, 2012 | Global Public Health, Passage au crible (English)
By Armand Suicmez
Translation: Melissa Okabe
Passage au crible n°53
On January 4, 2012, the investigating judge of the city of Marseille led a search on the premises of the French PIP (Poly Implant Prosthesis) company located in the Var region, following the scandal over the breast implants…
May 26, 2010 | Global Public Health, North-South, Passage au crible (English)
By Clément Paule
Translation: Brad Pizzimenti
Passage au crible n°24
Instituted in May 2007 by the World Health Assembly, Malaria Awareness Day was celebrated on the 25th of April, 2010. This event united together the actors involved in the struggle against parasitic…
Feb 11, 2010 | Global Public Health, North-South, Passage au crible (English)
By Clement Paule
Translation: Melissa Okabe
Passage au crible n°14
On January 29, 2010, during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Bill and Melinda Gates announced that their foundation would finance the research, development and distribution of new vaccines in developing countries…
Jan 26, 2010 | Global Public Goods, Global Public Health, North-South, Passage au crible (English)
By Clément Paule
Passage au crible n°12
The PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) should begin an investigation into the threat of false pandemics end of January 2010. In a motion voted on December 18, 2009, the Health Committee of this institution accuses the pharmaceutical industry and WHO (World Health Organization) experts of…
Jan 18, 2010 | Global Public Health, North-South, Passage au crible (English)
By Clément Paule
Translation: Davina Durgana
Passage au crible n°11
On October 29th, 2010, many spokespeople for the humanitarian agenci…es of the United Nations have reaffirmed their worries regarding the fragile situation of millions