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The African continent is one of the regions most affected by vaccine shortages. We need to urgently address this inequity.

South African activists protest in support of the WTO TRIPS Waiver No Patents, No Monopolies in a Pandemic

Help us tell governments blocking the movement to speed up equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments to put lives over profit.

Issue brief |
30 September 2012

Trading Away Health (2012)

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRADE
Access_Briefing_TPP_ENG_2012_update.pdf

How the U.S.’s Intellectual Property Demands for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Threaten Access to Medicine

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