Thanks Christine, this is good and we hope for the best On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:00 AM, christine munduru <[email protected]>wrote:
> Dear members, > This is to let you know that our next science cafe will be on 4th September > at Jose's place from 4pm. > The proposed topic is *Intellectual property Rights(IPR) and access to > medicines.* > > You will be able to know the difference between generic medicines and brand > medicines( why medicines from India or China cost less than those from US, > UK, Germany etc) and how the politics between the two limits access to > medicines especially for a poor country like Uganda. You will also be able > to understand the implications of the draft Uganda counterfeit bill on the > ordinary Ugandan if passed as it is. Afew key issues about the global > pharmacuetical politics and access to medicines especially ARVs in Africa > will be tackled , time allowing. > > Recently, the media reported MPs Okumu Reagan and Tom Butiime asking the > National Medical Stores officer why the drugs from UK, US, Germany costs > more than those from China and India, the NMS official being a technical man > even failed to answer this question. Many of our MPs are that ignorant about > the issues and yet they are going to pass this bill without understanding > the content. This is our chance to be informed. > > The facilitator will be Moses Mulumba, a legal expert with Coalition for > Health Promotion and Social Development who has been fighting to change the > problematic clauses of the counterfeit bill. According to media reports, > some of the reguired changes have been made. > > If you have any other suggestions, please let me know. > > Thanks > Christine > > > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > _______________________________________________ > >
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