Papers and reports on health
2008
Health insurance in low-income countries Where is the evidence that it works? - joint agency paper - May 2008
Fast forward: How the European Commission can take the lead in providing high-quality budget support for education and health - May 2008 (link to paper in Debt and Aid section)
Papers and reports on health
2007
Investing for life: Meeting poor people's needs for access to medicines through responsible business practices - November 2007
Paying for People: Financing the skilled workers needed to deliver health and education services for all - April 2007
All costs, no benefits: How TRIPS-plus intellectual property rules in the US-Jordan FTA affect access to medicines - March 2007
2006
Patents versus Patients: Five years after the Doha Declaration - November 2006
In the Public Interest: Health, Education, and Water and Sanitation for All - Oxfam / WaterAid report - September 2006 (link to paper in Debt and Aid section)
Oxfam urges the World Health Assembly to adopt resolutions to ensure access to medicine for poor countries - Oxfam statement - May 2006
Public Health at Risk: A US Free Trade Agreement could threaten access to medicines in Thailand - April 2006
Towards Sustainable Water-Supply Solutions in Rural Sierra Leone:A Pragmatic Approach, Using Comparisons with Mozambique - Oxfam Research Report - April 2006
2005
Open letter to World Health Organisation on research and development of medicines - January 2005
2004
Free Trade Agreement Between the USA and Thailand Threatens Access to HIV/AIDS Treatment - July 2004
Undermining access to medicines: Comparison of five US FTAs - a technical note - March 2004
The Cost of Childbirth: How women are paying the price for broken promises on aid - March 2004 (link to paper in Debt and aid section)
2003
Robbing the Poor to Pay the Rich? How the United States keeps medicines from the world’s poorest - December 2003
Evian G8: Hitting Targets on Water and Sanitation - joint WaterAid, UNISON, One World Action and Tear Fund paper - May 2003
2002
US bullying on drug patents: One year after Doha - November 2002
Oxfam response to EC working document on Tiered Pricing - September 2002
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Generic competition, price and access to medicines: The case of antiretrovirals in Uganda - July 2002
False hope or new start?: The Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria - July 2002
Beyond Philanthropy: the pharmaceutical industry, corporate social responsibility and the developing world - Oxfam/VSO/Save the Children report - July 2002
Drug Policy at the World Health Assembly - May 2002
Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health - April 2002
2001
Priced out of Reach: How WTO patent policies will reduce access to medicines in the developing world - October 2001
Formula for fairness: patient rights before patent rights - Oxfam Briefing Paper on Pfizer - July 2001
WTO Patent Rules and Access to Medicinces: The Pressure Mounts - June 2001
Global HIV/AIDS and Health Fund: Foundation for action or fig leaf? - June 2001
Drug Companies vs. Brazil: The Threat to Public Health - May 2001
South Africa vs. the drug giants - April 2001
Implausible Denial: Why the Drug Giants' Arguments on Patents Don't Stack Up - April 2001
Cutting the Cost of Global Health - February 2001
Patent Injustice: How World Trade Rules Threaten the Health of Poor People - February 2001
Dare to Lead: public health and company wealth - Oxfam Briefing Paper on GlaxoSmithKline - February 2001
Fatal Side Effects: Medicine Patents under the Microscope - February 2001
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