E-DRUG: REMINDER: WHA Side Event on the Pandemic Treaty
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Dear colleagues,
A kind reminder that ahead of the 74th World Health Assembly, Health Action International (HAI), Medicines Law & Policy and Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) will co-host a discussion with a high-level panel on what a Pandemic Treaty should say about the sharing of intellectual property and know-how to scale up vaccine production to meet the global need.
Time: 1400-1530 CEST
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1vQq3hepS2aZuu1OywEkaw
Moderator:
Dr Ellen 't Hoen, Director, Medicines Law & Policy
Keynote:
RT Hon. Helen Clark, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Co-chair of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness Response (IPPPR)
Confirmed Speakers:
Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, UNAIDS
H.E. Catalina Devandas, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations
Dr. Anban Pillay, Deputy Director General, Health Regulation and Compliance, National Department of Health, South Africa
Dr. Martin Friede, Coordinator, Initiative for Vaccine Research (IVR) Immunization, Vaccines and Biologics (IVB), World Health Organization
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1vQq3hepS2aZuu1OywEkaw
Flyer for the event available here: https://haiweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/WHA-Side-event-Pandemic-Treaty_Flyer.pdf
Kind regards
Alex Lawrence
Communications Manager
Health Action International
Alex Lawrence <alex@haiweb.org>