Law
A plague of planners
IPN Opinion article
This article assesses centralised urban planning by government bureaucrats, as this week's World Urban Forum, held in Vancouver, Canada draws to a close.
IPN responds to defamatory claims made in <i>The Times </I>
IPN Opinion article
IPN has been in the news a great deal in the past few weeks. Mostly the coverage has been very positive. However, on Tuesday The Times of London published a commentary that is full of false claims about IPN. We have responded to these allegations with a letter to The Times requesting that they make a retraction and an apology, which can be seen below.
IPN responds to errors published in <I>The Observer </I> on 28 November
IPN Opinion article
An article published in November 2004 in British newspaper The Observer made several errors in its portrayal of International Policy Network, and has so far chosen not to publish IPN's letter of response. For clarification, we herewith provide our response through our website.
How Safe are Anti-retroviral Drugs?
IPN Opinion article
ARVs are no silver bullet in the fight against AIDS, but if properly administered and manufactured, they can help carriers of the diseases maintain productive lives. Despite this, untested and poor quality ARVs have been foisted on many in Africa by the WHO and western NGOs, according to Thompson Ayodele. Africans DO deserve high quality medicines. What they don't deserve is the increased risk of rising drug-resistance and increasing illness. The WHO's prescription for fighting AIDS is nothing but a sticking plaster on a massive wound, and it is fast becoming unstuck.