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OECD High Level Forum on Medicines for Neglected and Emerging Infectious Diseases: Policy Coherence to Enhance their Availability.
20-21 June 2007, Netherlands
The High Level Forum (HLF) on Medicines for Neglected and Emerging Infectious Diseases will build support for an agenda to radically improve the availability of medicines for neglected and emerging infectious diseases that primarily affect the developing world. Discussions will focus on the opportunities for increasing investments in drug development and for improving the effectiveness of existing public and private partnerships for the discovery and development of medicines to treat infectious disease. The Forum will bring together representatives from senior levels in industry, government (health, industry and foreign affairs/development areas), the WHO, charitable health organisations and non-governmental organisations from both developed and developing countries. The outcomes of the HLF will include statements for a “Noordwijk Medicines Agenda” which will identify the best opportunities for further OECD-wide action to increase the availability of medicines for infectious diseases.
Participants include OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría, high level policymakers from the aid, health and scientific communities from both OECD member countries and developing countries, and private sector representatives. More information here.
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