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Doha+10 Conference in Berlin

Invitation to the Doha+10 Conference in Berlin

Action against AIDS Germany organized the international Doha+10 Conference at the Landesvertretung Baden-Württemberg in Berlin on November 24, 2011: 10 years after the 2001 “Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health” – Has the access to medicine been improved through or in spite of the new World Trade Organization frame conditions? 

The 2001 „Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health“ reaffirms the right of the WTO member states, to interpret and implement the TRIPS Agreement to protect public health and to enhance the access to medicines. Particularly it confirms the right to issue compulsory licenses. 10 years after adopting the Doha Declaration the Doha+10 Conference drew a balance if these goals have been achieved. The conference brought together national and international stakeholders from the development cooperation, humanitarian aid, civil society, politics, academia and the pharmaceutical industry to analyze experiences of key countries (Brazil, India, Kenya and Thailand), to critically look at bilateral and regional trade agreements und to discuss alternatives and perspectives concerning innovation and access to essential pharmaceutical products. The one-day conference aimed at experts, politicians, the interested public and the media.

At the same time the event tied in with the “Symposium Patients, Patents and Profits” from 2007, where the Berlin Declaration including fundamental criteria for innovation and access to vital pharmaceutical products was defined. 

The conference was organized by the Pharma expert group of Action against AIDS Germany and financed by its member organizations action medeor, Doctors without Borders, Bread for the World, German Institute for Medical Mission, medico international, Medical Mission Institute as well as the Church Development Service.

Introductory Event on the Eve of the Conference 

In addition to the conference, we organised for the interested public, especially students and the media, an event to introduce the topic with speakers of the conference and a discussion on November 23, 2011, 7:00 - 9:00 pm, Campus Charité Mitte, Invalidenstr. 80,  4th floor, seminar room 5. Entrance was free. 

This event was part of the „Aktionsmonat Medikamentenzugang“, a common project by bmvd, IPPNW students and UAEM Germany.

Materials for the Conference

Presentations at the Conference

  • HD Videos of the Presentations (Playlist on YouTube)
    • Oliver Moldenhauer 
    • Mboi Evans Misati (2)
    • Nusaraporn Kessomboon (2)
    • Dr. Christiane Fischer 
    • Frank Schmiedchen 
    • Prathibha Sivasubramanian (2) 
    • Pedro Velasco Martins 
    • Aziz ur Rehman
    • Sophie Bloemen
    • Roger Kampf
    • Renata Carlos Reis 
    • Carlos Correa 
    • Last Session (Rapporteurs): Closing Remarks by Dr. Gisela Schneider, Difäm

Documentation and further Information

Here some photos of the conference with over 100 attendees as well as the introductory event with over 40 guests: