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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Friends,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The following is an NGO statement on th Avian Flue
that was developed during the Pre-WHA workshop that was held in Geneva prior to
the World Health Assembly (WHA), May 2007 at the initiative of the Third World
Network (TWN) jointly with the People's Health Movement (PHM), Health Action
International (HAI) and World Council for Churches (WCC). This statement was
intensevely used for influencing the WHA resolution on th eAvian
Flue.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hani Serag</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PHM Global Secretariat Coordinator</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cairo, Egypt</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">JOINT CIVIL SOCIETY
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">WHA must establish Fair
Framework for Sharing of Virus Samples as well as Vaccines
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">We the civil society organizations listed
below call on member states of the World Health Assembly (WHA) as well as the
WHO Secretariat to establish a fair and transparent mechanism and framework to
govern the sharing of virus samples as well as the equitable distribution of
vaccines and medical products relating to the avian
influenza.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Early this year
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/><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Indonesia</st1:country-region></st1:place> suspended sending samples
of avian influenza viruses to the WHO Laboratories, calling for the WHO set up a
new framework for virus sharing that has better terms for developing
countries.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Indonesia, a country
severely affected by avian influenza thus far causing about 81 deaths, was
offered by an vaccine manufacturer vaccines at an unaffordable cost of US$ 20
dollars per dose although the vaccine was produced using the Indonesian virus
strain, and without the knowledge of the Indonesian authorities.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We believe that this is an unfair
situation which no country should be subjected to. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Developing countries simply
cannot afford to pay high vaccine prices especially if entire or major parts of
the populations have to be vaccinated.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>This highlights the inequities in current global health
system.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Availability of vaccines in
a timely manner and in sufficient quantities is also a major problem. Developed
countries having financial and other resources are already booking in advance
treatments including vaccines for pre pandemic and pandemic use. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As supply capacity is less than demand,
especially in the event of a pandemic, acute shortages are
forseen.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">In the event of a global
pandemic, and in the absence of a fair global framework, there is a fear that it
will be “each country for itself”, with those countries that have stockpiled
vaccines being reluctant or unwilling to share their stockpile of vaccines with
other countries.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Developing
countries would likely face a situation of non-availability or acute shortage of
badly-needed vaccines, including countries that have contributed their
viruses.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Although developing
countries voluntarily donate their viruses to the WHO collaborating centers and
reference laboratories at present, these centers and laboratories have been
passing on the virus or parts of it, or vaccine strains containing parts of the
viruses, to companies, without the knowledge or permission of the
countries.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is in violation of
the WHO 2005 Guidance on sharing virus samples, which states that the viruses
will not be distributed to parties outside the collaborating centers and
laboratories without prior permission of the contributing
countries.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Moreover, patents are
already being sought by several companies and research institutes on products
and materials containing parts of the viruses.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The vaccine products are also to be
patented.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The resulting monopoly
situation results in high profits for the companies holding patents, while
health needs are sacrificed.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The current framework also
disregards internationally recognized rights of affected developing countries.
The Convention on Biological Diversity explicitly recognizes States’ sovereign
rights over their own biological resources, the right to grant access on agreed
terms, the principle of prior informed consent and fair and equitable sharing of
benefits arising from the commercialization and other utilization of the
viruses. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Instead, the current
framework favors the industry that already benefits from grants and subsidies by
the developed governments for research and development of vaccines, and that
will reap millions or billions of dollars from vaccine sales. It also favors the
developed countries that have the financial resources to build up stockpiles of
pre-pandemic vaccines and to purchase in advance pandemic vaccines.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The losers are the poorer
countries that will not have vaccines and other necessary medical supplies in a
timely manner in the event of a pandemic although they may have contributed
their viruses leading to vaccine development and have rights under the CBD.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">OUR ACTION PROPOSALS<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">1.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Noting the existing inequitable
framework for sharing viruses, we call on the WHA to immediately establish a new
global framework on avian flu for the equitable sharing of both the viruses and
the relevant medical products, including vaccines and
diagnostics.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">2.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The highest priority and goal of the
framework should be to meet public health needs, particularly in developing
countries.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As such the over-riding
goal is to ensure that people in developing countries have access to vaccines
and other medical products when they need these.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The framework must establish systems by
which scarce pandemic vaccines can be produced, stocked and distributed
according to the principles of public health needs (where and when they are
needed) and not according to financial and technological capacity and power
(i.e. vaccines channeled to those who can pay for
them).<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">3.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Such a framework must recognize the
principles of national sovereignty over genetic resources, prior informed
consent of and benefit sharing with the countries in which the viruses
originate.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">3.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The framework should ensure that the WHO
collaborating centers and laboratories, as well as companies and other
institutions do not patent the viruses or the gene sequences or parts of the
sequences nor research tools and medical products that make use of the viruses
or their parts or their sequences. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">4.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If there is intention that information
contained in the virus, including gene sequences, are put in the public domain,
the framework should require that any party that want to make use of the data
should not seek proprietary rights over the data or parts of the
data.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">5.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>WHO must provide information on the
viruses that have been provided to its Collaborating Centers and reference
laboratories, what research has been done on these, whether the viruses or
vaccine strains produced from them have been distributed to other organizations
and if so to which ones, whether patent applications have been made and for
what, the<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>commercial activities
being undertaken, and whether the countries contributing the viruses have been
informed, their permission obtained and the benefit sharing arrangements, if
any.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There should be an
inquiry and remedial action if collaborating centers or reference laboratories
have not acted in good faith, or have not followed the relevant WHO guidelines,
especially the WHO Guidance on sharing of influenza viruses (March 2005).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">6. WHO should encourage and
promote local pharmaceutical R&D and production activities in developing
countries, including not-for-profit and public-owned organizations, and
facilitate technology transfer and capacity building.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>WHO should build the capacity in
developing countries for vaccine development and production, including the
scientific research capacity to make this possible.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">7.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Prices of vaccines and other medical
products should not be determined or influenced by monopolistic factors such as
patenting.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The products should be
priced at levels that are at cost or non-profit for developing countries so as
to assure their affordability.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">8. The public health system
should be strengthened to offer the best chances for prevention of avian flu
pandemic, and to ensure an effective delivery of health services in the event of
pandemic.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">9. Governments should
increase public investment in research and development for vaccine production in
developing countries, and in building the capacity for local pharmaceutical
production, particularly for production of affordable vaccines and other medical
products.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">10. We hope that the WHA
can reach agreement on these points so that a framework for the sharing of
viruses and vaccines and other medical products can be reached at this
WHA.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Civil society
groups endorsing this statement include:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">People’s Health Movement (PHM) - International,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><st1:place
w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Third World</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> Network (TWN) – International,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Medico International - <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Gonoshasthaya Kendra (GK) - <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bangladesh</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Association for Health and Environmental Development
(AHED) - <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Egypt</st1:place></st1:country-region>, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Health Unlimited - <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Asian Community Health Action Network (ACHAN) –
<st1:place w:st="on">Asia</st1:place>, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">All <st1:country-region
w:st="on">India</st1:country-region> Drug Action Network - <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Initiative for Health - International,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Equity and Society - <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Consumers’ Association of Penang - <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Malaysia</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Institute</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Science</st1:PlaceName> in
Society - <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) - <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Palestine</st1:place></st1:City>,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">National Front for People's Health – <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Ecuador</st1:place></st1:country-region>,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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