Det vil betyde forskellen på liv og død for utallige fattige i Den 3. Verden, som ellers ikke har råd til præparaterne – men i kimingen spøger den såkaldte TRIPS-aftale om globale patentrettigheder.
NEW YORK, 27 February 2013 (UN News Service): Two United Nations agencies have called for the renewal of an agreement that allows the world’s poorest countries to access (få adgang til) life-saving drugs (medicin) at costs they can afford.
They stress that failing to do so would jeopardize (bringe i fare) crucial treatment for HIV/AIDS and other diseases for those who need it the most.
“Access to affordable HIV treatment and other essential medicines is vital if least developed countries are to achieve the health-related and other Millennium Development Goals (2015 Målene),” Administrator of the UN Development Programme Helen Clark said.
She was referring to the eight anti-poverty targets that include halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal access for treatment of this disease to all those who need it by 2015.
UNDP and the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) urged members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to consider the special needs and requirement of Least Developed Countries (LDCs = mindst udviklede lande)) and extend their transition period to comply with (leve op til) the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) next week.
Established in 1995, the TRIPS agreement sets minimum standards for various forms of intellectual property regulation at a global scale, including medical drugs.
However, patent protection is a factor that drives up drug costs, making many essential treatments unaffordable for LDCs.
“An extension would allow the world’s poorest nations to ensure sustained access to medicines, build up viable technology bases, and manufacture or import the medicines they need,” said UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé.
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