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African NGO Forum Passes Resolution on the Right to Access to Needed Medicines
Sean Flynn
November 10, 2008
A resolution calling on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to recognize human rights to access needed medicines was passed by at a meeting of African Human Rights organizations in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 10.
The resolution on access to medicines was adopted by the NGO Forum meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, on the occasion of the 44th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The NGO forum is composed of approximately 100 human rights organizations in Africa with observer status before the commission. The resolution will now be transmitted to the African Commission for consideration in its biannual meeting taking place this week.
The resolution adopted by the Forum calls on the African Commission to recognize “access to needed medicines as a fundamental component of the right to health and clarify[ ] the state obligations in this regard.” It specifically calls on the Commission to recognize duties to respect, protect and fulfill rights to access to medicines, including by taking “full advantage of all flexibilities in the WTO Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property that promote access to affordable medicines.”
A full copy of the resolution is available at http://wcl.american.edu/pijip/go/humanrights
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I would like to be involved in this program so that we can even advocate for the medicine rights to the people in rural areas here in Tanzania.
Our Organization is known as a Social Vision group Tanzania we are working with Rural communities and some of the are real inneed of support.Medicine treatment and other are taking ARV treatment
Lucas Mkwizu on 11-Nov-08 09:37 AM
WE are real interested with the program. we would like to be involved and participate. Our organization is Social Vision Group Tanzania SOVIGOTA. we are working with rural communities, children and youth. we are also having reproductive health program and support Orphans.Our email is Socialvision@hotmail.com
Shaban Kimaro on 11-Nov-08 09:41 AM