Controversial aspects of WHA highlighted by consumer group HAI

This year’s World Health Assembly (WHA), which has just concluded in Geneva, Switzerland, was historic, according to consumer group Health Action International (HAI), which says it followed some of the most controversial issues that were up for discussion on this ambitious agenda: the debates and action around agenda items 11.3 Global Strategy and Plan of Action (GSPA) on Public Health Innovation and Intellectual Property, and 11.20 Counterfeit Medical Products.

On both issues, the debate played out more or less with opposing positions taken by Northern and Southern countries, it stated (See also separate views on the meeting from the IFPMA).

11.3 Global Strategy and Plan of Action (GSPA) on Public Health Innovation and
Intellectual Property