PHA-Exchange> FW: [Members] virtual conference on access to medicines

[WGNRR]

This online forum / conference might interest some of you.
in solidarity,
Nadia van der Linde
Coordinator Women's Access to Health Campaign

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The Qu4rad network

Belgium (Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disaster, CRED),
Germany (University of Heidelberg , Department of Tropical Hygiene and
Public Health),
India (Indian Institute of Health Management Research), and the
Philippines (Institute of Philippine Culture, Ateneo de Manila University)

Invites you to the eighth Qu4rad e-Conference entitled
ARE THERE ALTERNATIVES TO PATENTS WHICH PROMOTE ACCESS TO AN INNOVATION OF
MEDICINES ACCORDING  TO PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS?
On  November 22-24, 2004      At -http://www.qu4rad.net-

Resource Persons:

 1.     Dr. James Love,
		Director, Consumer Project on Technology (CPTech),
           Washington, D.C., U.S.A

2.     Dr. Christian Wagner
        Campaigner and Scientific Advisor, BUKO Pharma-Kampagne
        Bielefeld, Germany

Below is a copy of the letter to the participants. We look forward to your
participation in the e-conference!

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Dear Friends,

Greetings from the Philippines!

We would like to invite you to participate to the eighth e-conference to be
hosted by the Quality Network for Rational Drug Management, or Qu4RaD
network at the Qu4Rad website (www.qu4rad.net) from November 22-24, 2004.


The Quality Network for Rational Drug Management, or Qu4RaD network, is an
international collaboration that aims to assist people (providers, users,
citizens) in improving their management of medicines by facilitating
communication, experimentation, and learning, combining scientific,
cultural, and moral-ethical reasoning in a glocal (global and local)
context. The Qu4Rad network, with support from the European Commission, has
been developed as a partnership among the following institutions:

1. Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) at the
University Catholic Louvain of Brussels, Belgium,

2. Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health (ATHOEG) at the
University of Heidelberg, Germany,

3. Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), Jaipur,
India, and

4. Institute of Philippine Culture (IPC) of the Ateneo de Manila
University, Quezon City, Philippines.


The goals of the network are:

ü To promote universal access to medicines according to the needs of the
people,

ü To encourage the best use of medicines according to scientific, cultural,
and moral reasoning, which we understand as rational reasoning,

ü To improve among health professionals, patients, and citizens the
knowledge and skills in the rational use of medicine, and

ü To obtain sustainable resources for the functioning of the
network.


The November 22-24, 2004 e-conference is entitled:

"ARE THERE ALTERNATIVES TO PATENTS WHICH PROMOTE ACCESS TO AND INNOVATION OF
MEDICINES ACCORDING TO PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS?"


As a participant, we request you to visit the virtual conference website
(www.qu4rad.net) on 22 -24 November to provide inputs and   comments during
the discussions. Additional instructions on conduct of the e-conference are
provided in website.

I hope you will be able to join our activity.  Please do not hesitate to
contact us for any questions or clarifications you might have regarding the
e-conference.   Thank you and best regards.

Sincerely yours,

Dennis B. Batangan, MD, MSc
Research Associate
Institute  of  Philippine  CultureAteneo  De  Manila  University
Quezon  City  Philippines


WGNRR Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights
RMMDR Red Mundial de Mujeres por los Derechos Reproductivos
RMFDR	Réseau Mondial des Femmes pour les Droits sur la Reproduction

Interested in finding out about or getting involved with the Women's Access
to Health Campaign (WAHC)?
Then contact us at : wahc at wgnrr.nl

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