mhenMalawi, 12 June 2010 - Health activists in Malawi have expressed concern at the Malawian government’s intention to pass a new bill against counterfeit goods by October this year which will also cover medicines.This step is being taken despite fears that such a law may cause more stock-outs in a country that is already riddled with frequent drug shortages in medical facilities.
11 June 2010, Amsterdam - The staff, board, and members of Stichting Health Action International (HAI) are deeply saddened by the loss of their colleague and friend, Lisa Hayes, who died on Wednesday 9 June. A vibrant, funny, professional, caring and above all much loved member of the HAI team has been lost.
Geneva, June 09, 2010 - The long-awaited patent pool for Aids drugs is now officially approved and will start persuading drug companies to give up their monopoly rights in July 2010. The final hurdle was surmounted and the launch of the first-ever patent pool for HIV drugs got the official go-ahead on June 08 2010 . The Aids patent pool, aims to kick-start the development of much needed fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) of antiretrovirals in developing countries by pooling patent rights.
marchNAIROBI, June 3, 2010 - The Kenyan health ministry has conceded that the country should not have passed the anti-counterfeit law last year and said it would try and make changes to ensure that imports of legitimate generics were not affected.In an article published in the Economic Times, the Kenyan health ministry revealed at the recent WHO health assembly that the anti-counterfeit legislation passed by the country was pushed by its industry ministry and it had no clue about its ramifications.
Hand with pillsA laboratory technician at an HIV institute in Uganda was quoted in the Africa Renewal having said that health professionals are worried that international intellectual property rules will make it harder for poor patients to obtain more affordable generic medicines.
This is happening even though an agreement at the World Trade Organization (WTO) seven years ago allowed developing countries to import inexpensive copies of costly patented medicines.
Women and children outside a health facility JOHANNESBURG, 27 May 2010 – A new report released by the international medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) indicates that as donors retreat from funding HIV and AIDS programmes, years of progress in HIV treatment are under threat and the lives of HIV-positive people are increasingly on the line.
Developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America—spearheaded by India and Brazil—have secured passage of a resolution that calls for a major review of the World Health Organization’s role in combating counterfeit and substandard drugs.
The demands seek to curtail the role of WHO in intellectual property enforcement issues and to prioritise public health concerns.
Hai GlobalGeneva - This years’ World Health Assembly (WHA) was historic. Health Action International (HAI) followed some of the most controversial issues that were up for discussion on this ambitious agenda: the debates and action around agenda items 11.3Global Strategy and Plan of Action (GSPA) on Public Health Innovation and Intellectual Property, and 11.20 Counterfeit Medical Products. On both issues, the debate played out more or less with opposing positions taken by Northern and Southern countries.
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