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0226/2017 - DEBATEDORES - Contemporary challenges on Access to Medicines: beyond the UNSG High-Level Panel

Author:

• Jorge Bermudez - Bermudez, Jorge - Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro - Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, VPPIS - <jorge.bermudez@fiocruz.br>

Co-author(s):

• Carolina Gomez - Gomez, Carolina - Universidad Nacional de Colombia - <carolinagom@gmail.com>
• Mohga Kamal-Yanni - Kamal-Yanni, Mohga - Oxfam GB - <mkamalyanni@oxfam.org.uk>
• Claudia Patricia Vaca Gonzalez - Vaca Gonzalez, Claudia Patricia - Universidad Nacional de Colombia - <cpvacag@unal.edu.co>
• Frederick Abbott - Abbott, Frederick - Florida State University College of Law - <fabbott@law.fsu.edu>

Thematic Area:

Não Categorizado

Abstract:

Within the context of the recently released United Nations Secretary-General´s Report of the High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines, the author reviews issues related to the context and discussions on access to medicines and the conflict between trade and health during the last decades. These issues have been relevant and outstanding in Global Health, especially questioning the current system of innovation, R&D and IP protection. Lessons learned from the HLP Report are highlighted and the need to further discuss and implement concrete actions, as the world has moved from the MDGs to the SDGs, demand strong actions derived from the United Nations and a strong interaction with other key stakeholders. Affordability and unaffordability of new technologies are discussed, making clear that we need to implement bold actions in order to ensure access to medicines as a human right.

Keywords:

Health PoliciesAccess to MedicineGlobal Health

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Bermudez, Jorge, Gomez, Carolina, Kamal-Yanni, Mohga, Vaca Gonzalez, Claudia Patricia, Abbott, Frederick. DEBATEDORES - Contemporary challenges on Access to Medicines: beyond the UNSG High-Level Panel. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2017/Jun). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/debatedores-contemporary-challenges-on-access-to-medicines-beyond-the-unsg-highlevel-panel/16272?id=16272



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