Increasing Access to Essential Drugs in a Globalized Economy --Working towards solutions
25-26 November, 1999
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
organised by
Health Action International (HAI), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Consumer Project on Technology (CPT)
Programme with links to the full text presentations
Amsterdam Statement to World Trade Organization Member States on Access to Medicines
(summary statement on issues and demands developed during the Amsterdam Conference)
text in English, text
in French
Conference press coverage
Post-conference press release (26 November)
Dutch minister backs new strategy to increase
access to drugs in poor countries
British Medical Journal 1999;319:1455 (4 December)
Agencies urge end to global trade restrictions on essential medicines
British Medical Journal 1999;319:1521 (11 December)
US changes trade policy on essential medicines
Journal of the American Medical Association Vol.283 No. 3, January 19, 2000
Increase in Global Access to Essential Drugs Sought
Related articles/presentations/publications involving Access
Globalization and Access to Drugs: Perspectives on the WTO/TRIPs Agreement
Health Economics and Drugs WHO-DAP No. 7, revised (WHO/DAP/98.9)
The Impact of WTO/TRIPs Agreements on the Access to Essential Drugs for People Living with HIV/AIDS
by Dr K Balasubramaniam
Patent Situation of HIV/AIDS Related Drugs in 80 Countries
UNAIDS/WHO