Cross-posted from Corporate Accountability International Many food advocates mistakenly believe that we just need to follow in the footsteps of the tobacco control movement and then we will win. It’s certainly true impressive gains have been made in reducing smoking rates in the United States. And the World Health …
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In a recent article in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, Corporations and Health Watch contributing writer Lainie Rutkow and her colleagues at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health conclude that schools of public health face a curricular gap, with relatively few offerings courses that teach …
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This statement reflects views and recommendations that emerged from a consortium meeting convened by the Center for Policy Analysis on Trade and Health (CPATH) and the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (CTCRE) at the University of California-San Francisco on Feb. 19, 2013, in San Francisco, to reinvigorate …
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Cross –posted from Appetite for Profit
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Last week, the BRICS nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa– met in Durban, South Africa, to create a new set of financial institutions designed to better meet their needs than the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. They took steps to create their own credit rating agency …
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A new generation of cheap and sweet cigars threatens a new generation of kids This is the EXECUTIVE SUMMARY of a report released by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids. The full report can be accessed here. An explosion of cheap, flavored cigars in recent years has driven a …
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Cross posted from Oxfam “Seeing young boys carrying AK-47’s, and young girls with their babies in one arm and a gun in the other was a frightening sight.” Djimon Hounsou Actor and Oxfam ambassador Governments from over 190 member states have a second …
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