This keynote address was delivered at the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung African Media Thermometer Access to Medicines and Treatment during Covid-19 and Beyond virtual conference on Friday, 4 September 2020.
I have also previously stated that a “season of death” is approaching – unless we are able to prevent new infections and treat existing infections, while attending to disinformation and geo-political pressures, aggravated by the upcoming US elections. In Africa, for example, there are some countries classified as low-income countries – LICs and some as middle-income countriesMICs. Some countries have strong or very weak foreign policies and trade delegations, and many do not enjoy the protection of a Constitution or a regulatory framework that can govern corporate or private sector behaviour.
Having worked on issues of IP, patents and access to lifesaving medicines for PLWHA before, and now on Covid-19, many health justice access advocates are, like me, concerned that the global system that is in place will hinder access, it is overly protectionist and extremely difficult to use, which has the effect of severely limiting and delaying access to life saving diagnostics, vaccines, and treatment. Covid-19 has exposed the fault lines of this largely access limiting regime.
This allows countries facing a public health crisis to issue a compulsory license where a company refuses to give up the protections ordinarily associated with holding a patent .
the lobbying and pushback by patent holders, that wield extraordinary influence in global geopolitical relations, and
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