TRIPS at a crossroads: Why South Asia’s graduation shouldn’t cost its medicines

South Asia stands at a turning point where a technical rule in global trade law may decide who in the region gets medicine and who goes without. The World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) … Continue reading TRIPS at a crossroads: Why South Asia’s graduation shouldn’t cost its medicines

What South Asia can learn from the Maldives’ generational smoking ban

Today, the Maldives became the first country in South Asia, and the only one in the world, to enforce a generational smoking ban. Under the new law, anyone born on or after January 1, 2007, is prohibited from purchasing, using, … Continue reading What South Asia can learn from the Maldives’ generational smoking ban