The recently-concluded discussions on the proposed TRIPS Agreement waiver at the WTO illustrates not only the limits of India's negotiating strategies, but also a critical lack of consistent diplomatic leadership during a difficult period.

At the cusp of the 12th WTO ministerial conference, the co-sponsors seem to be giving up on the fight.

By virtue of being home to a billion, India has shown great innovation and skill, in tackling health challenges at a staggering scale.

The report says pharmaceutical companies set prices according to their commercial goals and focus on extracting the maximum amount that a buyer is willing to pay.

From prohibitive cancer drugs to making resources available to fight microbial drug resistance, or getting access to timely diagnostics - access issues are the cornerstone for equitable health systems worldwide.

Irrespective of all the ambitions for the future and earnest intentions to reform the administration, ultimately it will be financing that will dictate how far WHO can go.

Ambitious priorities, strained budgets and a changing political order dominate the World Health Organisation's upcoming annual executive board meet in Geneva.

Peter Sands was elected the executive director of the financing organisation even though he did not have American support, perhaps indicating the country's waning importance.

The US has been blocking the appointment of 'judges' to WTO's Appellate Body because of disagreements with both the procedure followed and some of the body's rulings.

A new team and a new programme of work is being discussed at the WHO, but will the new director general engage with challenging issues or maintain status quo?

The 70th World Health Assembly saw the election of a new leader, a strong resolution on battling cancer and unexpected coalitions around access to medicines, among others.

A look at member states' considerations, candidates plans for the future of global public health management and contemporary issues for the WHO.

In Democracy’s Detectives: The Economics of Investigative Journalism, James T. Hamilton gives a bird’s eye view of the ecosystem of investigative reporting and addresses its costs, benefits and impact.

A recently released UN report highlights international "policy incoherence" on medication, but the US has denounced its findings, signalling its unwillingness to institute reforms.

India was one of the most sued countries in 2015. Will the country’s new model bilateral investment treaty attract and safeguard foreign investment more effectively?

Should countries focus on clean energy and worry less about making components feeding into clean energy industries?

“If governments who have been helped by Hervé Falciani will not protect him, they would make themselves guilty of wilful blindness or of looking the other way while a whistleblower is legally crucified.”

'The United States’s hypocritical stance of seeking to protect itself against foreign tax havens while preserving itself as a tax haven for residents of other countries needs to be countered,' says new global report