<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">PHM UGANDA</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:phmuga@gmail.com">phmuga@gmail.com</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)">In the struggle for access to effective and affordable medicines, one of our member organizations, HEPS-Uganda has an analysis on the <a href="http://brazzavillefoundation.org/en/lome-initiative" target="_blank">Lome Initiative</a>. <br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)">This article raises fears (essentially on the

<span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none">use of multiple terms to describe fake medicine; illegal, counterfeit, substandard and falsified) </span>in the recent signed declaration in Lome by Presidents from seven African member states to <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><b>interdict the traffic in substandard and falsified medicines.  <br></b></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><b>But, w<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none">hat is required to strengthen existing healthcare systems in Africa?</span></b></span></span></font><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><font size="2"><b><a href="https://observer.ug/viewpoint/63418-lome-initiative-is-not-answer-to-africa-s-problem-of-fake-medicine" target="_blank"> Follow this link to read the full analysis</a><br></b></font></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><font size="2"><b><br></b></font></span></span></div><br></div>
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