E-DRUG: MSF KEI TWN HAI at WHA: Access to Medicines - New Solutions?
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Access to Medicines - New Solutions?
Opportunities and threats for access to safe, effective and affordable medicines
MSF KEI TWN HAI Briefing to to 62nd World Health Assembly delegations
Thursday 21st May 2009, 17.30 - 19.00
Palais des Nations, Room VIII
Agenda
Chair: Tim Reed, Director, Health Action International Global
1 - Access to essential medicines:
"Challenges in implementing TRIPS flexibility towards access to essential medicines in Thailand - the story of the battles and the concrete achievement"
Dr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
2 - New Threats to Access: the Global Enforcement Agenda Sangeeta Shashikant, Third World Network
3 - Access to Safe, Effective, Affordable and High Quality Medicines Michelle Childs and Carine Werder, Medecins Sans Frontieres
4 - New Global Solutions: Medical Research and Development Treaty James Love, Knowledge Ecology International
Discussion with respondents:
Sunjay Sudhir, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of India Johann van Wyk, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of South Africa
For further information, please contact Michelle Vilk, MSF:
+ 41 22 849 8902 or at michelle.vilk@geneva.msf.org