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Human Rights & Access to Medicines |
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Training programmes |
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Various |
| Level |
professional |
| Start date |
21/05/2012 |
| End date |
25/05/2012 |
| Objectives |
The Human Rights and Access to Medicines Course will focus on the provision of information and skills-building exercises to enable civil society advocates to engage in legislation-drafting and constituent education to promote access to needed medicines in the region. |
| Area of expertise |
health |
| Target group |
Academics
Government officials |
| Content |
Specifically, the course will cover topics including:
The economics of access to medicines in Africa;
Human rights duties to promote access to medicines under the African Charter, including the recent NGO declaration on the Right to Health and Access to Medicines;
The impact of multinational and bilateral trade agreements on access to medicines;
Key "flexibilities" in international intellectual property and trade law, including examination of the "Doha Agreement on TRIPS and Public Health";
The impact of "anti-counterfeit" legislation on access to needed to medicines, including examination of recent legislation in Kenya and multilateral forums;
Mechanisms for countries to promote research and development into diseases and conditions that are neglected by the current IP-based incentive system, including recent deliberations in the World Health Organization’s Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on Public Health, Innovation, and Intellectual Property;
The use of competition laws to restrain patent monopolies and promote access to more affordable medicines, including recent cases from the South Africa Competition Commission;
Mechanisms to negotiate and regulate the prices of medicines on national and regional levels, including proposals for regional purchasing pools. |
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English |
| Country |
South Africa |
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Pretoria |
| Methodology used |
This course will be taught through participatory methodologies that emphasize exercises and role plays to better enable practical application of the course materials. Specific exercises and instruction will focus on building useful advocacy skills including:
Drafting legislation;
Reviewing your country’s patent, competition and other legislation;
Asking questions of ministers and other officials to research and monitor policy making;
Participating in public forums; |
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| Application procedure |
Apply online : http://www.chr.up.ac.za/index.php/ahrc-apply-online.html |
| Admission requirements |
As this is a high-level course, the following are particularly encouraged to apply: managers and staff of NGOs, postgraduate students researching in this area, disability rights groups, government officials, legal practitioners, and members of civil society
groups involved with the issues.
Applications are invited from all around the world. The course will, however, have a particular African focus. Candidates from Africa are therefore particularly encouraged to apply. |
| Scholarship |
A limited number of partial scholarships are available. |
| Tuition/Accommodation |
The course fee is ZAR 3 000.00 (US $ 450). This fee covers tuition, course materials, teas and lunch for the duration of the course. The fee excludes transport and accommodation costs. |
| Homepage |
www.chr.up.ac.za/index.php/ahrc-2011/human-rights-a-access-to-medicines.html |
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