<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">rajat khosla</b> <a href="mailto:rajat.khosla@gmail.com">rajat.khosla@gmail.com</a><br></span>
<h3><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Human Rights Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Companies in relation to Access to Medicines: the Sexual and Reproductive Health Context </span></h3>
<p>Rajat Khosla and Paul Hunt</p>
<p>When Paul Hunt was UN Special Rapporteur (2002-2008), a recurrent theme in his work was access to medicines. For the most part, he - and colleagues in the Right to Health Unit - looked at the duties of States in relation to access to medicines e.g. his report to the UN General Assembly A/61/338, dated 13 September 2006. However, States reported that when endeavouring to enhance access to medicines the policies and practices of some pharmaceutical companies were a very considerable obstacle. Thus, he was urged to prepare access-to-medicines guidelines for pharmaceutical companies. After extensive research and wide-ranging consultations over some years, Paul Hunt and Rajat Khosla wrote 'Human Rights Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Companies in relation to Access to Medicines'. These Guidelines were published by the UN General Assembly in A/63/263, dated 11 August 2008. The present publication briefly discusses medicines and sexual and reproductive health, in particular medicines, HIV/AIDS and the human papillomavirus (HPV) - HPV being responsible for over 99% of cervical cancers. In this context, the publication then introduces, and reproduces, the 'Human Rights Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Companies in relation to Access to Medicines' that were published by the General Assembly in 2008.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400">The Publication is available at: <br></span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www2.essex.ac.uk/human_rights_centre/rth/docs/Final%20pharma%20for%20website.pdf" target="_blank">http://www2.essex.ac.uk/human_rights_centre/rth/docs/Final%20pharma%20for%20website.pdf</a> <br>
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