Access to essential medicines in East Africa: A review of East Africa community and its member states approach to WTO-TRIPS public health flexibilities

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dc.contributor.advisorLenaghan, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorMajok, Daniel Bol
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-06T12:29:23Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-05T07:51:47Z
dc.date.available2018-08-06T12:29:23Z
dc.date.available2024-06-05T07:51:47Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionWhen the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) was annexed to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 1994, it set minimum standards for intellectual property (IP) protection, including protection of patent rights, that must be observed and enforced by all WTO Member States. On the one hand, stringent Intellectual Property protection as seen innovation in the field of science where medical innovation hasled to the creation of live saving vaccines which have reduced prevalence of diseases, ranging from polio to the human Papillomavirus, and invention of antiretroviral medicines which have greatly improved the lives of people living with the Huma Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). On the other hand, the fulfilment of the obligations under TRIPS has generated a lot of controversy especially as they have been seen as the cause of reduced access to essential medicines in developing countries.
dc.description.abstractMagister Legum - LLM (Mercantile and Labour Law)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/16011
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Cape
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Cape
dc.subjectTrade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
dc.subjectWorld Trade Organisation (WTO)
dc.subjectEast Africa
dc.subjectEssential medicines
dc.titleAccess to essential medicines in East Africa: A review of East Africa community and its member states approach to WTO-TRIPS public health flexibilities

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