[Ip-health] Re: IGWG II: Limitation on Diseases

[Hohman, David E]

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It seems the footnote 1 may be coming back, they are currently=0D
discussing it in one of the drafting rooms we (NGOS) do not have access to.=
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Judit Rius Sanjuan wrote:=0D
> We have been informed that yesterday night one of the drafting group=0D
> agreed to eliminate the footnote 1 included in the Secretariat Draft=0D
> Global Strategy and Plan of Action.=0D
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> These are very good news because the footnote 1 included a=0D
> unjustifiable limitation by listing the diseases that will be the=0D
> focus of this global strategy and plan of action:=0D
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> Footnote eliminated: "The Commission=E2=80=99s definitions of Type I, Typ=
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> and Type III diseases, and the specific diseases on which this draft=0D
> strategy focuses, are as follows: Type I diseases are incident in both=0D
> rich and poor countries, with large numbers of vulnerable populations=0D
> in each. The strategy will focus on the following Type I diseases,=0D
> increasingly prevalent in developing countries: diabetes,=0D
> cardiovascular disease and cancer. Type II diseases are incident in=0D
> both rich and poor countries, but with a substantial proportion of the=0D
> cases in poor countries. For the purposes of the strategy, the focus=0D
> is on HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. Type III diseases are those that are=0D
> overwhelmingly or exclusively incident in developing countries. For=0D
> the purposes of the strategy, the focus is on the nine neglected=0D
> infectious diseases that disproportionately affect poor and=0D
> marginalized populations prioritized by the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO=0D
> Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases:=0D
> Chagas disease, dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever, leishmaniasis,=0D
> leprosy, lymphatic filariasis, malaria, onchocerciasis,=0D
> schistosomiasis and human African trypanosomiasis."=0D
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