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Article

20 Jun 2001

Author:
Chakravarthi Raghavan, South-North Development Monitor [SUNS]

WTO asked to ensure TRIPS doesn’t undermine public health

The forthcoming Doha Ministerial Conference of the WTO should take actions to ensure that the TRIPS Agreement does not in any way undermine the legitimate right of WTO members to formulate their own public health policies and implement them by adopting measures to protect public health, a group of 46 developing countries from - Africa, Asia. Latin America and the Caribbean regions - have demanded in a paper to the Council for TRIPS, at its Special Discussion on TRIPS and Public Health.