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UNIVERSITIES SHOULD TAKE A STAND AGAINST BIG PHARMA
Distorted — 90 per cent of the world's research resources are spent on ten per cent of the global burden of disease. And it is biased towards developed countries in the Global North. This is partly due to the interference of the pharmaceutical industry. And it should be the universities' responsibility to resist.
Decolonizing Indigenous health starts at universities. What needs to change at the U15?
Indigenous health is a Canadian public health crisis. Universities hold a pivotal position in advancing Indigenous health, but do they make the most of it? Our newly released report at Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM), the 2023 Canadian Global Health Grades, suggests that the U15 are falling short.
Canadian U15 Universities ignore access to medicines.
May 1st, 2023 — MONTRÉAL, Q.C.—Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) has published its 2023 Canadian University Report Card: Global Equity in Biomedical Research. U15 universities averaged a “D” overall. This is marginally higher than the average in the recent 2020 US UAEM University Report Card, where US institutions averaged a “D-.”
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