In July of this year in Washington, D.C., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held a conference called “Weight of the Nation.” At the conference, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation said: “Obesity is the driver of the many chronic conditions — heart disease, diabetes, cancer — that generate [...]
Chris Bullock: The modern-day epidemics, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, are fuelled by lifestyle factors: high fat, bad cholesterol diets, smoking and lack of exercise. And these illnesses are taking an enormous toll on individuals and nations, in rich and poor communities, in rich and poor countries. Hello, I’m Chris Bullock. You’re listening to Background Briefingon [...]
Biopiracy, the intellectual property regime and livelihoods in Africa African countries suffer the most from the rapid trend towards the privatisation of African plants. Even though the patented plant materials often originate in Africa, once they are patented by multinational corporations it becomes virtually impossible to access them for the public good writes ODUOR ONG’WEN [...]
