E-DRUG: COHRED call for global leadership - CEWG Report
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Dear e-drug colleagues,
There is a clear need for decisive action. The incentive systems for research and development continue to fail to develop suitable and sufficient products for the needs of developing countries, leaving millions of people without affordable access to the medicines they need.
Over 1 billion people are afflicted by neglected diseases, and more needs to be done to encourage R&D in this area.
COHRED would like to invite you to join with us in our 'Call for Global Leadership' to those Member States of the WHO participating in next month's meeting to discuss the WHO CEWG report.
This report, produced by the Consultative Expert Working Group on R&D, is the outcome of a process set up to address the fact that resourcing for R&D currently fails to address the health needs of developing countries.
Please read and consider the information at the following link:
www.cohred.org/cewgcall
If you, like us, endorse the report's recommendations for:
* The proposal for a global convention for research and development financing, especially insofar as it has potential to support the research and innovation capacities of developing countries, and to promote country led research agendas.
* The proposal for enhanced co-ordination of resource and development funding, especially insofar as these activities, when conducted at the national level, would place greater power in the hands of countries to align the funding available with national research agendas.
Then please send your organisation's logo to cewgcall@cohred.org before October 31 2012.
This call will then be presented and available at the member states meeting.
Best wishes,
Danny Edwards
COHRED
edwards@cohred.org