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[Laura Turiano]

Dear friends working on health and trade issues;

I have recently had communication with Rohit Malpani (rmalpani at OxfamAmerica.org), a policy analyst at Oxfam America in Washington, DC. He expresses an interest in hearing from PHM affiliated organizations working in this area, particularly from the countries he mentions below:

"Here is a link to Oxfam's latest paper on trade and health issues - specifically the current free trade agreements being negotiated between the U.S. and Andean countries.

http://www.oxfamamerica.org/newsandpublications/publications/briefing_papers/briefing_paper.2006-06-13.7641102806
Song of the Sirens: Why the US-Andean FTAs undermine sustainable development and regional integration
It would be interesting to see materials/policy statements from PHM affiliates in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru on the FTAs, and to see how we can work with these groups hereafter.

Similarly, Oxfam America recently completed a paper on the proposed US-Thai FTA (Public Health at Risk):

http://www.oxfamamerica.org/newsandpublications/publications/briefing_papers/briefing_paper.2006-04-19.7697705773
Public Health at Risk: A US Free Trade Agreement could threaten access to medicines in Thailand
that I think would also be of interest to the People's Health Movement in Thailand.  Again, it would be interesting to see how the PHM in Thailand has been involved in the issue of IP and health with respect to the US free trade agreement, and with respect to access to medicines also."


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Laura Turiano, MS, PA-C
Right to Health Campaign
People's Health Movement - US Circle
Oakland, California
phm at turiano.org
http://www.phm-usa.org/
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