PHM-Exch> Free medicines in Rajasthan, India

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Anna Marriott <amariott at oxfam.org.uk>

Global Health Check has posted a new item by Anna Marriott:

Free medicines in Rajasthan, India

India is known as the pharmacy of the world but 65% of Indians have no
access to essential medicines. Watch this video to see how the State of
Rajisthan in India is tackling the problem by promoting generic medicines
and providing these free
of charge in the public sector.

This week, negotiations continue on the EU-India Free Trade Agreement.
Worldwide there are serious concerns that the deal will include stricter
intellectual property rules than necessary and result in a deadly
escalation in medicine prices for developing countries. Such a deal would
also threaten innovative and
progressive schemes like this one in India itself.

Watch this video at: http://www.globalhealthcheck.org/?p=609
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