[Ip-health] Doha Plus Five Lunch Discussion 14 Nov in GVA

[Sheila.SHETTLE@geneva.msf.org]

=E2=80=93 Invitation to a Lunch Discussion =E2=80=93=0D
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                 Access to Medicines Five Years After Doha=0D
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                Where Are We, and What is the Way Forward?=0D
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M=C3=A9decins Sans Fronti=C3=A8res, together with the Consumer Project on T=
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Third World Network, Health Action International, World AIDS Campaign and=
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Oxfam would like to invite you to attend a discussion on access to=0D
medicines five years after the signing of the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and=
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Public Health at the 2001 WTO Ministerial meeting in Qatar.  The objective=
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of the Doha Declaration was to ensure that trade rules did not stand in the=
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way of access to essential medicines.  Five years down the road, it=E2=80=
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to take stock and examine whether Doha has held its promise to =E2=80=9C=E2=
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public health and (=E2=80=A6) promote access to medicines for all,=E2=80=9D=
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options are for moving forward.=0D
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Panelists and discussants will include country representatives,=0D
international organizations including the World Health Organization (WHO)=
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and the World Trade Organization (WTO), and NGOs.=0D
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      WHERE:      International Conference Centre (CICG)=0D
                  3rd floor, Room 5=0D
                  Rue de Varemb=C3=A9 15=0D
                  Geneva=0D
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      WHEN  :     Tuesday, 14 November 2006=0D
                  12:00-14:00=0D
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Sandwiches and light snacks will be provided=0D
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Please RSVP confirming your attendance to: mai.do@msf.org=0D
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For further information, please contact:=0D
Mai Do + 33 1 4021 2825=0D
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Sheila Shettle=0D
Senior Communications Officer=0D
M=C3=A9decins Sans Fronti=C3=A8res=0D
Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines=0D
Rue de Lausanne 78=0D
1211 Geneva=0D
Switzerland=0D
+ 41.22.849.8403=0D
+ 41.79.293.0270 (m.)=0D
sheila.shettle@geneva.msf.org=0D
www.accessmed-msf.org=0D
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