Trade : Proposal for TRIPS waiver secures strong support from South (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Washington DC)
In the global battle for putting people's lives before patents and the profits of big pharmaceutical companies, South Africa, India, Kenya, and Eswatini have issued a clarion call for a waiver from certain provisions of the WTO's TRIPS Agreement for combating the worsening COVID-19 pandemic, participants told the SUNS.

Trade : South Africa, India strongly rebut arguments against TRIPS waiver (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Washington DC)
South Africa and India on 16 October underscored the importance of the TRIPS waiver in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, strongly rebutting the arguments advanced by the US and the European Union among others that the international patent system is helpful to developing countries, participants told the SUNS.

Q&A : Food systems need to mimic nature (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
Despite the World Food Programme (WFP) being awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its work in addressing global hunger, sustainable food systems expert Emile Frison believes a lot more needs to be done.