Tag: Access to Medicines

The EU-India Free Trade Agreement: is it the end of the world as we know it?

9 February 2012 | Rohit Malpani

This week, Indian and European Union (EU) trade negotiators in New Delhi will most likely announce that they have reached a preliminary agreement on a trade pact that will forge a new commercial relationship between the two economies. The EU wants the pact to include new intellectual property (IP) rules that go beyond current requirements under international law. These new IP rules would serve the interests of multinational pharmaceutical companies in Europe, while drastically increasing medicines prices for millions of poor people in India and other developing countr

Tags: Access to Medicines, EU, European Union, healthcare, HIV/AIDS, India, intellectual property rights, TRIPS, WTO

A Visit to the Central Medical Stores in Freetown, Sierra Leone

15 September 2010 | Pamela Gomez

Exploring free health care in Sierra Leone

On my second day in Freetown, I walk by two large 18-wheeled trucks, each carrying a large shipping container full of anti-malarial and other drugs. The two trucks have hauled their enormous containers up from the docks to the high ground where I stand in front of Sierra Leone’s Central Medical Stores.

Tags: Access to Medicines, free health care, Sierra Leone

Historic decision on access to medicines: UNITAID patent pool approved to lower prices for HIV treatment

18 December 2009 | Mohga Kamal Yanni

It is a rare thing to be so overwhelmed by one decision.

Tags: Access to Medicines, affordable medicines, HIV/AIDS, patent pool, UNITAID

What do the President of Malawi, 65 aspiring Malawian MPs and two Big Brother contestants have in common?

19 May 2009 | Shenard Mazengera

Malawi has its fourth democratic elections today (19th of May) and election fever is in full swing. They may not be as high profile as recent elections in the South Africa and India (not to mention the United States) but they have the potential to increase access to medicines in the country and help stop these ‘stock-outs.’

Tags: Access to Medicines, aid effectiveness, Essential Services

What people want – setting the agenda for the Indian elections

22 April 2009 | Sandhya Venkateswaran

Sandhya Venkateswaran is a member of the W8 and works for the Indian coalition ‘Wada Na Todo Adhiyan/ Don’t Break Your Promises.' It has over 3,000 members and aims to monitor the progress of the Indian government towards meeting its commitments to reduce poverty.

Tags: Access to Medicines, Essential Services, India, Indian elections

GlaxoSmithKline: healthy progress towards access to medicines for all?

19 February 2009 | Rohit Malpani

Last weekend, Oxfam welcomed GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) announcement to improve the company's approach to access to medicines. If these words are backed up with action then we will have taken a first step towards achieving access to medicine for all.

Tags: Access to Medicines, Essential Services, glaxosmithkline, GSK, patent pool, pharmaceuticals

What a week in DC!

13 February 2009 | Nancy Holden

The work on putting public health care first has just begun

So our busy week in Washington DC is coming to an end and with our two launch events now done adrenaline has been replaced by strong coffee and sugar.

Our event yesterday at the World Bank (t-shirts replaced with suits) was quite an experience with a diverse range of speakers on the panel putting forward their ideas on what role the private sector should have in health care in poor countries.

Tags: Access to Medicines, Blind Optimism, countries, developing, Essential Services, health, healthcare, public first

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