Monthly Archives: October 2016

CSOs say No to ‘TRIPS Plus’ Measures in RCEP

By CSOs | Open Letter | October 18, 2016

Following is the text of an open letter submitted by nearly 100 health, community and development organisations in the Asia Pacific region to the sixteen governments which are currently negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement – a mega regional free trade agreement. The open letter urges governments to reject all provisions that would negatively affect access to generic medicines in the proposed pact.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a free trade agreement (FTA) currently under negotiation between…

Private Greed vs. Public Interest: A Personal Account of the Healthcare Services in New Delhi

By Biswajit Dhar | Guest Blog | October 18, 2016

Plenty has been written on the state of the health services in the nation’s capital, both in popular press and academic reports, and many of these have also spoken of the suffering that a common woman/man has to undergo in the city’s hospitals and nursing homes. Unfortunately, these news stories and reports have ceased to appeal to the consciousness of their readers, especially the policy and law makers who have not only made this city their home, but also…