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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 color="#990000"
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#990000;
font-weight:bold'>EQUINET Policy Brief 21: Protecting health and health services
in the services negotiations of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
between East and Southern African (ESA) countries and the European Union<br>
<st1:place w:st="on">E Munyuki</st1:place>, R Machemedze, <span class=GramE>A</span>
Mabika and R Loewenson</span></font></b><font size=2 color="#990000"
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#990000'><br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cite as:</span></b></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
size=2 color="#993399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#993399'>Munyuki E, Machemedze R, Mabika A, Loewenson R (2009)
'Protecting health and health services in the services of the ESA-EU EPA,' <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>EQUINET, SEATINI, TARSC Policy brief 21</span></i>.
EQUINET: <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Harare</st1:place></st1:City>.</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
</span></font><b><font size=2 color="#990000" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#990000;font-weight:bold'><br>
<tt><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Available online at: </span></font></tt></span></font></b><u><font
size=2 color="#000099" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000099'><a
href="http://www.equinetafrica.org/bibl/docs/EQ%20pol%20brief%2021%20EPA%20service">http://www.equinetafrica.org/bibl/docs/EQ%20pol%20brief%2021%20EPA%20service</a></span></font></u><br>
<font size=2 color="#993399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#993399'>Negotiations are underway on the services
agreements towards concluding a full and comprehensive Economic Partnership
Agreement (EPA) between East and Southern African countries (ESA) and the
European Union (EU). The services negotiations will impact on health services
and access to health care. The brief outlines the issues affecting health
services, and presents options for ESA negotiators to ensure that the
negotiations meet international and African health and human rights
commitments, use available trade flexibilities, promote public health and
ensure adequate assessment and information to support the negotiations. </span></font><font
color="#993399"><span style='color:#993399'><br>
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</span></font><b><font size=2 color="#993300" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>January
2009</span></font></b><font size=2 color=purple face="Courier New"><span
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