Doha Declaration

Strong international mobilization and political will drove a golden decade for global health. Key initiatives over the last decade include setting of health-related Millennium Development Goals; the...

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Introduction 2011 marks the ten-year anniversary of two events that have helped shape people’s ability in developing countries to access quality, affordable medical care. First, the...

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At the heart of almost every dispute about access to medicines lies this question: how do countries balance the need to protect public health against patent rights that lead to high medicine prices...

Op-eds & Articles – Last updated 22 November 2011
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Every day, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is confronted with the lack of access to adequate or affordable medical tools in the field. We face two major challenges the high cost of existing...

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The answer was provided by the WTO Ministerial Conference meeting at Doha in Qatar in November 2001.  All WTO Countries unanimously agreed a joint declaration that affirmed their sovereign right to...

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While the TRIPS Agreement establishes international minimum standards on patents, members of the World Trade Organization also retain some flexibilities to implement these standards. Many countries took...

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The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (or TRIPS Agreement) set the standards for intellectual property protection in the world today.  It came into force on 1 January...

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What is a patent?The impact of patents on access to medicinesOvercoming patent barriers through voluntary measuresOvercoming patent barriers through compulsory measuresTRIPS, TRIPS plus and DohaMilestonesWhat...

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UPDATE (2/11/2011): For details on the conference and to register, visit the site created for the Ideas Conference.  On the occasion of the ten-year anniversary of the Doha Declaration,...

Web article – Last updated 21 July 2011
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