[Ip-health] Obama signs 08 Stop AIDS pledge (includes trade/medicines piece)

[Sarah Rimmington]

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No surprise here.  Shortly after Clinton signed the 08 Stop AIDS pledge,
Obama signed on too.  That means he has also endorsed the following point:

4. Support trade policies that protect and expand poor countries' right
to affordable, quality-assured generic drugs for important health needs.
Adopt humanitarian licensing policies that ensure drugs developed with
taxpayer resources are available off-patent in developing countries;

Full pledge available here:
http://www.globalaidsalliance.org/index.php/583


I wanted everyone to see this item attached - -Obama has signed the
global pledge. Yay!

Re global poverty, we at GAAF will now try to challenge the other
candidates to do as well as Obama on pledging a big overall increase in
poverty-focussed aid

-- David

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David Bryden
Global AIDS Alliance Fund, Communications Director
1413 K Street NW, 4th floor
Washington, DC 20005
202-789-0432 ext 211
mobile: 202-549-3664
fax:  202-789-0715
dbryden@globalaidsalliance.org



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Sarah Rimmington
Attorney
Essential Action, Access to Medicines Project
Washington, DC
Tel: (202) 387-8030
Cell: (202) 422-2687
www.essentialaction.org/access/

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