View of the banner deployed by MSF in front of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva calling on certain governments to stop blocking the landmark waiver proposal on intellectual property (IP) during the pandemic. Photograph by Pierre-Yves Bernard
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04 May 2022

Draft COVID-19 proposal at WTO may not resolve inequitable access to medicines

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Photograph by Pierre-Yves Bernard
View of the banner deployed by MSF in front of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva calling on certain governments to stop blocking the landmark waiver proposal on intellectual property (IP) during the pandemic. Photograph by Pierre-Yves Bernard

With the news that a leaked draft text on the COVID-19 TRIPS Waiver has now been formally tabled by the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, we explain why this flawed proposal will not deliver what’s needed to save lives during this pandemic and beyond. This blog first appeared in Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.

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