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In the area of Trade Agreements & Health, the
WHO has been working closely with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
in the establishment of a WTO cell within the Ministry of Health.
The WTO Cell in the Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare began working since July 2004. The aim of the WTO Cell is to help in
ascertaining impacts on public health due to globalisation and suggest ways
to formulate effective legislation and policy initiatives to deal with it.
Since its inception, the WTO cell has organized
workshops with a view to raise issues of concern as well as commissioned
studies to fill gaps in existing information. Some of studies undertaken
include impact of TRIPS on drug prices, competition law policy, and impact of
off-shoring of clinical trials amongst others. The WHO along with the MOFHW
is committed to strengthening the understanding and analyzing the
implications of trade agreements on access to medicines and health care in India.
Over the next two years, the WTO Cell seeks to
further strengthen and enhance the ongoing efforts and also build on the
issues highlighted through the workshops and studies. The cell will continue
to assist the dialogue at the national
level among relevant ministries, including those of health, trade, commerce,
finance and foreign affairs, to work together constructively so as to
facilitate policy coherence and ensure that interests of trade and health are
appropriately balanced and coordinated.
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 Reports
 Barriers to Movement of
Healthcare Professionals – A Case study from India New
Public Health Safeguards in the Indian Patents Act
and review of Mailbox Applications
Foreign Investment in Hospital in India: Status and
Implication
Options for using Competition Law/ Policy Tools in
dealing with Anti-Competitive Practices in the Pharmaceutical Industry and
the Health Delivery System
Impact of TRIPS on Pharmaceutical Prices: Final
Report
Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation:
High-Level Commission Calls For Action to Ensure Developing Country Access to
Existing and New Medicines And Vaccines
Country Report for Mode 1: Cross-Border Trade in
Health Services - (E-Health)
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Workshops
13 July 2006: Trips and Public Health: Data
Protection under Article 39.3 of Trips
11 April 2005: Patent and Public Health:
Addressing the Future Imperatives of Health Security in the Post-Trips Era,
New Delhi
9 February 2005: National Workshop on
Accreditation and Standardization of Health Services, New Delhi
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