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Category Archives: FCTC
Big Tobacco’s Challenge Goes Up In Smoke, Public Health Breathes Easy
This post was written by Neiloy Sircar, J.D.-LL.M Global Health Law Candidate 2017 and summer research assistant at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and Sarah Roache, Institute Associate. Any comments or questions about this post can be directed to [email protected] The July 8 ruling in favor of the government of Uruguay in the case […]
Posted in FCTC, Global Health, Non-communicable diseases, Tobacco;
John Oliver: Jon Stewart’s legacy on public health
Last semester I taught a course on public health law. There was hardly an issue we covered that did not have an astute The Daily Show with Jon Stewart segment to help the students understand not just the health issue, but also its underlying political and legal conditions. Many of the clips are captured here […]
Posted in FCTC, FDA, Global Health, Health reform, Human Rights, National Healthcare, Tobacco; Tagged: American Public Health Association, John Oliver, Jon Stewart, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, The Daily Show.
Innovative Solutions for Complex Health Challenges: Our Past, Present, and Future – The O’Neill Institute Retrospective
We are delighted to present the Retrospective for the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, Innovative Solutions for Complex Health Challenges: Our Past, Present, and Future.
Posted in FCTC, FDA, Global Health, Health reform, Human Rights, National Healthcare, Resources, Tobacco, Trade, WHO; Tagged: ACA, FCTC, food and drug law, global health law, Global Health Law LL.M., governance, health and human rights, HIV, national health law, oneillinstitute, public health law, retrospective, tobacco control, WHO.
Lessons from the Industry
In her opening remarks to the 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion, Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned: [e]fforts to prevent non-communicable diseases go against the business interests of powerful economic operators. In my view, this is one of the biggest challenges facing health promotion . . . [i]t is […]
Posted in FCTC, Global Health, Human Rights, Resources, Tobacco, Uncategorized, WHO; Tagged: global health, HIV, industry, obesity, public health, tobacco, VMMC, WHO.
Briefing paper on tobacco product regulation and the WTO after US – Clove Cigarettes
For those interested in matters of trade and health we have posted a briefing paper on the recent World Trade Organization panel report in US – Clove Cigarettes on the O’Neill Institute homepage (www.oneillinstitute.org). See the ‘recent news’ section. The abstract is as follows: On September 2, 2011, the World Trade Organization (WTO) released the […]
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