UN SGHLP

Secretary DIPP Shri Ramesh Abhishek drew attention towards the various recommendations made by the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines as some of the recommendations are directed at @WIPO #WIPOGA

Time to step up on both innovation and access to health technologies for #tb

New report of the Global Health Law Committee of the International Law Association discusses importance of #medicines price / R&D transparency and makes recommendations for promoting transparency. ila-hq.org/images/ILA/Dra… @KEI_DC @GHLGroningen @TAvafia @Cancer_Union @ILA_official

Governments have until august 16 to submit comments to the @who roadmap on access to medicines and vaccines who.int/medicines/acce… @mariangelasimao

@who opens member states consultation on draft WHO roadmap 2019-2023 on access to medicines and vaccines #drugprices who.int/medicines/acce…

WIPO patent law committee 'breaks ideological barriers' and will discuss medicines access - Balanced Achieved In Future Work For WIPO Patent Law Committee, Delegates Say ip-watch.org/2018/07/13/bal… via @ipwatch

#SCP28 - India - The Report of the #UNSGAccessMeds provides a sound basis for WIPO's work program on patents and health. @WIPO

.@WHO outlines the consultation process for the proposed road map on access to medicines and vaccines 2019-2023.

The @UNSGAccessMeds report was supportive of the recommendation by Lord O'Neil to impose a levy to fund R&D and bolster the pipeline of new #antibiotics twitter.com/ellenthoen/sta…

Dutch Minister of Health Bruno Bruins @MinVWS explains the need to increase transparency in medicine prices and R&D cost to the @timesofindia. Via @AlieDevaliere timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/inter…

.@nytimes Editorial Board - How the Government Can Lower Drug Prices nytimes.com/2018/06/20/opi… #scp28 @WIPO @DrTedros @wto #UNSGAccessMeds @ItamaratyGovBr @DIPPGOI

It really is remarkable that in 2018, some of the best treatment options for a disease that leaves 10 million plus a year ill, killing 1.7 million of them can leave many patients blind or deaf: edition.cnn.com/2018/06/18/hea… #tuberculosis

We need to science the s*** out of tuberculosis (blog). We are running out of time, every day, 4500 people die of #tuberculosis - meaning- In three days, more people lose their life to TB than during the whole Ebola epidemic in 2014-2015 @paimahdu huffingtonpost.ca/dr-madhukar-pa…

Will you be at the UN Interactive Civil Society Hearing on NCDs on 5 July 2018 in New York? The registration is now open until 21 June. Register today to #beatNCDs: bit.ly/joinCSHNCDs The list of accredited NSAs: bit.ly/accreditedNCDs

Not attending the Interactive Civil Society Hearing in #NewYork today? Don't worry, you can catch the live webcast here: webtv.un.org at 10:00am (GMT-4) & 3:00pm (GMT-4) #UNHLMTB #EndTB

Prof. Carlos Correa @Correa_CEIDIE from @South_Centre: UN high Level panel confirms the importance of TRIPS flexibilities for access to medicines #WHA71 Side Event on #AccesstoMedicines #UHC #SDGs @WHO @DrTedros @BrazilUNGeneva @IndiaUNgeneva @UNSGAccessMeds

After many years of advocacy and engagement with SA govt, we are excited to announce that Cabinet has finally approved a new IP policy for SA! #FixPatentLaw gcis.gov.za/newsroom/media…

TODAY!!! 🌎🌍🌏 World Health Assembly #WHA71 Side Event "Human Rights in Global Health" bit.ly/2HcdlQM Discussing the advancement of #HumanRights in #GlobalHealth Governance through @WHO, @UNAIDS, @WTO & the @GlobalFund. See you at the Graduate Institute!

Thanks to Member States and other partners @ #WHA71 for the great contributions to the development of the access roadmap to expand #access2meds and other health products

Member States just agreed to ask WHO to develop a comprehensive roadmap to increase access and reduce shortages to medicines, vaccines & other health technologies #WHA71