Microbiology
A dose of reality needed on climate change issue
IPN Opinion article
Britain's Department of Health says we face killer heatwaves and the Royal College of Physicians president says "the effects of global warming on health could eclipse those of smoking, alcohol and obesity." But more people in the UK routinely die of cold than from heat. And the cure for diseases is not cool temperatures but prosperity.
Eradicate malaria with growth, not nets
IPN Opinion article
Aid donors' single-minded determination to give everyone mosquito nets is just not going to eradicate malaria. Without economic development, Africa will always depend on donors and their nets to fight malaria.
There's no cure for AIDS
IPN Opinion article
Breaking patents that protect existing medicines and provide incentives to develop new ones is the wrong prescription if we are to help people living with AIDS in the world's poorest countries.
A deadly double standard on AIDS treatment
IPN Opinion article
Increasing patient resistance to ARVs and anti-malarial drugs pose a huge threat to the health systems of poorer countries - yet drug resistance is being encouraged by the short-sighted policies of multilateral organisations and NGOs.
UNAids, beware of crying wolf
IPN Opinion article
THE UN agency coordinating global action against AIDS is wiping egg off its face after reluctantly admitting it had overestimated India's AIDS figures by more than half - following numerous similar exaggerations worldwide. Crying wolf is neither good science nor good politics.
Open letter to Dr Margaret Chan, DG of the WHO regarding safety issues with HIV/AIDS treatment in Thailand
IPN Opinion article
Thailand violates drug patents for its own profit
IPN Opinion article
Thailand claims that its decision to issue compulsory licenses for several western-owned medicines is in the public interest. However, this policy risks increasing already serious resistance to AIDS medicines, with terrible implications for public health.
Myths about AIDS pandemic must stop
IPN Opinion article
Based on first-hand experiences, Prof Chin argues that the story of HIV has been distorted by organisations such as UNAIDS and AIDS activists in order to promote their own agendas.
