We’re pleased to inform you that The Third World Network (TWN), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai and Jan Swasthya Abhiyan are organising a workshop on Access to Medicines, TRIPS and Patents in the Developing World from December 17-21, 2019, at TISS Mumbai. The deadline for applications is November 25, 2019. For further details, please see the announcement below:
Workshop on Access to Medicines, TRIPS and Patents in the Developing World
Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, Third World Network (TWN) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai are together organising a five-day workshop on Access to Medicines, TRIPS and Patents in the Developing World from December 17-21, 2019, at TISS Mumbai.
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 INVITE FOR WORKSHOP ON ACCESS TO MEDICINES TRIPS AND PATENTS_2019 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. Scholarships for the travel and accommodation are available for the selected candidates.
You’re requested to share information regarding the workshop with any participant from your organisation or any other organisations/institutions who might be interested in the workshop (preferably younger activists). The interested candidates can send their applications (form available here) to [email protected] by 25th November, 2019.
Further details of the workshop can be found here.
