Attendees: David Borrow MP, Neil Gerrard
MP, Lord Norman Fowler, Dr Evan Harris MP, Veronica Oakeshott.
This was part three of our Enquiry into
Access to Medicines in the Developing World. Interviews from the visit
have been fed into our report “A Treatment Timebomb? The Long view of
Access to HIV medicines in the Developing World”. We had meetings for two
days in Geneva, visiting the following organisations to ask about their
role in improving Access to HIV Medicines:
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International Centre
for Trade and Sustainable Development
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South Centre
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World Health
Organisation
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UNAIDS
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UNITAID
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World Trade
Organisation
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UK Mission to the UN
in Geneva
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UNCTAD
The UK Ambassador to the UN, Peter
Gooderham hosted a dinner for us at the Embassy with Professor Michel
Kazatchkine Director of The Global Fund, Denis Aitken, Assistant
Director-General of WHO, Dr Julian Lob-Levyt, CEO of GAVI and Dr Denis
Broun Chief of Partnerships at UNAIDS.