[e-drug] EU Parliament discusses neglected diseases (today!)

E-DRUG: EU Parliament discusses neglected diseases (today!)
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COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION

PUBLIC HEARING NEGLECTED DISEASES

Tuesday 27 April 2004
from 15.00 to 17.30

Room ASP 3 G 3
Rue Wiertz, behind train station Brussels - Leopold.
European Parliament, Brussels

PROGRAMME

15.30 Introduction
Dr Didier ROD, Member of the European Parliament

15.40 Current situation of people suffering from neglected diseases
    Dr Alexandre MANGUELE, Health Service Director, Mozambique

15.55 Public health and international policy
    Dr Solange B�atrice KOUO EPA, World Health Organisation

16.10 Lack of medicines for common diseases
    Dr Grace MURILLA, Deputy Director, Trypanosomiasis Research Institute,
Kenya

16.25 European Union policy on public health
    Dr Lieve FRANSEN, European Commission

16.40 Developing medicines for neglected diseases: which strategies to
follow?
    Dr Yves CHAMPEY, DNDI

16.55 Debate

17.25 Conclusions and recommendations

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