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Thank you, Chair, for the opportunity to address the distinguished members of the
WHA on behalf of Churches Action for Health and the People's Health Movement.
Here in WHO we are talking about NCDs. Meanwhile investor protection provisions
are being included in trade agreements. These are making the prospects for effective
regulation of the global agri-food industry very much dimmer. The use by Big Tobacco of
investor state dispute settlement provisions to attack Australia's plain packaging regulations,
should be a warning to policy makers who see a role for industry regulation in the prevention
and control of NCDs.
While we are discussing chronic disease management, provisions being included in
trade agreements to further extend patent durations, maintain high prices for medicines.
While we know that poverty is associated with higher rates of NCDs, neoliberal economic
policies currently being implemented are leading to wider inequalities in income and health.
There is a mention of trade and industry factors in the global strategy but there is no
commitment to effective action on this front. WHO has a mandate to work on the social and
economic determinants of NCDs and to work towards policy coherence across health and
trade. The determinants of NCDs locate in diverse fields: trade, food, agriculture, urban
development and taxation policies. We urge MS to strengthen the commitment to action in
relation to these issues.
The development of the global strategy has involved close collaboration with a range of
private enterprise players. In this connection the new provisions regarding conflict of interest
promised under the WHO Reform Program are urgently needed.
Transparency and integrity in these relationships are important at the national as well as
the global level and need to be observed in the academic and research sector as well as in
policy making.
Thank you chair.
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<span style="font-family:arial;white-space:normal">Heba Wanis</span></span></font></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><div>Project Coordinator</div><div>Democratising Global Health Governance</div>
<div>People's Health Movement</div><div>Global Secretariat Office, Cairo</div><div><br></div><div>Tel: <a href="tel:%2B2%20022%20268%2022%2078" value="+20222682278" target="_blank">+2 022 268 22 78</a></div><div>Mob: <a href="tel:%2B20%20122%20314%200318" value="+201223140318" target="_blank">+20 122 314 0318</a> (Egypt)</div>
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