MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières [to 1 August 2015]
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news-stories/press/press-releases
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Press Release
MSF to TPP Trade Ministers: Don’t create new monopolies for biologic medicines at the ‘final’ TPP negotiations in Hawaii
July 30, 2015
Maui Hawaii, July 28, 2015—At the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations taking place this week in Maui, Hawaii, trade ministers from the U.S. and 11 Pacific-Rim countries are reportedly on the verge of agreeing to include new and additional periods of monopoly exclusivity for biologic health products, which would block access to the latest medical advances for millions around the world.
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Field News
Tanzania: MSF Vaccinates 130,000 Refugees Against Cholera
July 30, 2015
Kigoma/Geneva, 30th July 2015—A cholera vaccination campaign to protect Burundian and Congolese refugees in the overflowing Nyarugusu camp in Tanzania has been completed by the international medical organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) this week.