Literature Review: Recent Scholarly Works in Global Health Law

The Limits of Health Care Reform
Ani B. Satz
Emory University – School of Law
Alabama Law Review, Vol. 59, 2008
Abstract:     
In this Article, I argue that many of the shortcomings of health care in the United States can be linked to the inherent limitations of the dominant paradigms of health care distribution. These approaches seek [...]

FDA approves human embryonic stem cell research study

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved California based Geron Corporation to carry out the world’s first human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-based clinical. Geron will test the stem cells on eight to 10 patients with severe spinal cord injuries.
The trials are set to begin at seven medical centers aims to mainly determine the [...]

Obama overturns anti-abortion funding policy

The newly elected US President Barack Obama signed an executive order Friday ending the ban on federal funds (usually in the form of U.S. Agency for International Development funds) for international groups that provide abortions, abortion referrals or abortion counseling.
The ban is also known as the Mexico City Policy named for the location of [...]

Hospitals Attacked as Gaza’s health and humanitarian crisis worsens

On Saturday 10th January, a church run clinic funded by Christian Aid, was given 15 minutes to evacuate before missiles it turned into rubble.
The latest blow in the worsening humanitarian and health crisis in Gaza is the attack on hospitals. The latest hospitals to be attacked are the Al Wafa and Al Fata Hospitals, [...]

The U.S. House of Representatives Votes to Expand Health Care Coverage for Children

On January 13, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 289-139 to expand health care coverage to 4 million children of working families through the government-sponsored State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). 
The bill will foot the $32.3 billion cost of expanding SCHIP for 4 1/2 years by increasing federal taxes on cigarettes by $0.61-$1.00 per [...]

Health Crisis in Zimbabwe Deepens; Could Be Referred to International Criminal Court

Physicians for Human Rights have suggested that the health crisis in Zimbabwe should be referred to the International Criminal Court for further investigation.  Although the report recognizes that criminal prosecution at the International Criminal Court has not yet “addressed crimes against humanity in the context of willful and state-sponsored actions that lead to massive loss of life resulting [...]

Scholar’s Corner: Recent Scholarly Works in Global Health Law

Flawless or Fallible? A Review of the Applicability of the European Union’s Cosmetics Directive in Relation to Nano-Cosmetics

Diana Megan Bowman
Monash University – Faculty of Law

Geert Van Calster
K.U.Leuven
 
Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2008
Abstract:     
Consumer demand for new products within the cosmetics and toiletries industry has encouraged the industry increasingly to incorporate [...]

Detained Iranian AIDS doctors’ verdict postponed

Reports have come in that the fate of two Iranian Aids Doctors on trial for treason still hangs in balance after the verdict was postponed due to an Iranian holiday.  According to the Boston based organization, Physicians for Human Rights, the charges on the doctors were completely fabricated, politically motivated, based on their attendance at [...]

“Third-hand smoke”

A new term “third-hand smoke” has been coined by researchers from MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston, in a study published in the January 2009 issue of Pediatrics Journal. The journal article entitled, ‘Beliefs About the Health Effects of “Thirdhand” Smoke and Home Smoking Bans’ defines thirdhand smoke as residual tobacco smoke contamination that remains [...]

Lancet editorial:America’s commitment to global health

The latest issue of the Lancet (Volume 373, Issue 9657, Page 2, 3 January 2009 ) gives a close look at America’s commitment to global health.
“Over the past decade, the US Government has spent record amounts on global health: in 2008 spending peaked at US$7·5 billion. Still, the share of the country’s gross national income [...]