<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000">Dear Friends,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000"><br>Warm greetings!<br><br>We are happy to inform you that Third World Network (TWN), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai and Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA) are organising a<b> five-day workshop on ACCESS TO MEDICINES, TRIPS AND PATENTS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD from 17—21 DECEMBER, 2019, in TISS Mumbai.</b> This workshop is expected to deepen the understanding of the intricate linkage between access to medicines and the barriers presented by intellectual property legal and policy framework. It will also help in increasing the knowledge on use of flexibilities provided by international trade agreements such as the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), to improve access to medicines at a domestic level. The workshop also aims to equip the participants to make law and policy interventions. We would request you to share information regarding the workshop with any participant from your organisation and any other organisations/institutions and who might be interested in the workshop. The details of the workshop and application form for the course is attached herewith.<b> The deadline to receive applications is November 25, 2019<br></b><br>Thank you and looking forward to your response.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000">Sincerely,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000">Prathibha Sivasubramanian, TWN and Brinelle D’souza, Centre for
Health and Mental Health, School
of Social Work, TISS <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000"><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><i><b><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Brinelle D'souza</font></b></i></div>
<div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Centre for Health and Mental Health</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">School of Social Work</font></div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Tata Institute of Social Sciences</font>
<div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Deonar, Mumbai 88</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Phone: 022-25525462 </font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:brinelledsouza@tiss.edu" target="_blank">brinelledsouza@tiss.edu</a></font></div><div>Skype - dsouzabrinelle</div><div><br></div>
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