Dear Members, I look forward to being present for this topic given by my special interest.
I would also like to request the organizers particularly the facilitator to widen the scope of his discussion to other areas of research i.e the field of Biotechnology where we could up with consensus at the end of the day. Because i could directly forward our common position for the consumption of the National intellectual Advisory Group and my Committee of National Bio-safety Committee. Akile Sunday ________________________________ From: christine munduru <[email protected]> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 11:52:58 AM Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Science cafe, IPR and access to medicines Dear members, The cafe has been pushed to Sunday 5th September at the same time based on the feedback from Robert. The topic and facilitator remain the same. Thanks Christine ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 10:09:52 AM Subject: RE: [WestNileNet] Science cafe, IPR and access to medicines Christine, Good initiative and way forward in bridging knowledge gap but; my fear is that, many of us you would want to target will be at Namboole watching international qualifier football game between Uganda Cranes and Angola. I would suggest you reschedule to Sunday 5th September if possible. Regards, Robert From:christine munduru [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 10:00 AM To: West Nile Arua Cc: Robert Anguzu; Geofrey Toko; Ben Droti; Patrice Mawa Subject: [WestNileNet] Science cafe, IPR and access to medicines 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 ________________________________ NOTE: This e-mail message is subject to the MTN Group disclaimer see http://www.mtn.co.ug/email/Email-disclaimer.aspx
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