Making It, Issue 10: The Health Of Nations. June 2012
The theme of this issue is health and global industrial development. Contents include:
Meeting the global health challenge: the role of the pharmaceutical industry – Professor Klaus M. Leisinger, chair of the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development and advisor to national and international organizations, explores some of the issues at the intersection between industry and health.
Deadly denim – Dominique Muller on how the garment industry has responded to the Clean Clothes Campaign’s work to bring an end to the practice of sandblasting jeans.
Creating impact by design – D-Rev’s CEO, Krista Donaldson, introduces the non-profit technology incubator and explains its philosophy on designing health care equipment for the developing world.
Quality medicines for all – UNIDO’s Jürgen Reinhardt on the latest developments regarding the local production of pharmaceuticals in Africa.
Watch what you eat! – Sunita Narain of New Delhi’s Centre for Science and Environment on the dangers of junk food.
Hot Topic: Gas flaring – The World Bank-led Global Gas Flaring Reduction partnership and Nnimmo Bassey (chair of Friends of the Earth International) have different views on the current situation regarding gas flaring.
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