GMI`s next meeting will be on November 2 at 5pm and the Journal Club Meeting is at 6pm.

Locations will be updated as the date comes closer.

Hello friends,

We are pleased to inform you that Aria Ahmad, Faculty of Pharmacy graduate student and global health researcher, will be leading our upcoming journal club meeting. In addition to Chapter 1 of “The Health Impact Fund” (link can be found below), the following supplemental readings from the book have been suggested by Aria for anyone interested:

Chapter 6. A Moral Argument for Creating the Health Impact Fund
Chapter 9. Alternative and Complementary Solutions (to enrich the discussion)
Appendix B.

You may find the following reading from the “Power of Pills” interesting as well, as two are writen by the authors of “The Health Impact Fund”:

Pogge, T. “Harnessing the Power of Pharmaceutical Innovation? (p142-149)
Light, DW. “Advance Purchase Commitments: Moral and Practical Problems”
Hollis, A. “Neglected Disease Research Health Needs and New Models for R&D” (p125-133).

The Health Impact Fund: Making New Medicines Accessible for All

The above link provides a copy of the new book, “The Health Impact Fund: Making New Medicines Accessible for All”. This new proposal seeks to stimulate research and development of life-saving medicines. Authored by political philosopher Thomas Pogge (Yale University) and economist Aidan Hollis (University of Calgary), the Health Impact Fund seeks to pool contributions from international governments as a new initiative where payment for new pharmaceuticals would be proportional to the impact on global health. Chapter 1: Summary Overview will the discussed at GMI’s next journal club meeting.

Essay-on-Canada’s-Access-to-Medicine-Regime

Hello everyone,

Above is a copy of a supplemental essay on Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime. It is slightly more detailed than the GMI Monograph article on the same topic. To read more, see the reference page of the essay. A number of organizations have also publicized their thoughts on the concerns of the CAMR legislation. It is also a topic currently being pursued at the Faculty of Pharmacy under Dr. Jillian Kohler. Feel free to contact GMI for more information, and thanks for reading.

GMI’s World AIDS Day events this year were hosted at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy. Events included a bake sale, CANFAR Red Ribbon campaign, documentary film screening, awareness projects, and the AIDS Everyday event, that not only generated a tremendous amount of attention to the global AIDS crisis, but also raised several hundred dollars for charities engaged in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Dear pharmacy,

The GMI will be hosting its last journal club meeting of the term on Thursday, November 27^th at 4pm. It will be in the pharmacy building with the room to be announced shortly. For those interested, we will be discussing access to medicines issues from the viewpoint of the international community (ie. the UN). In the journal meeting previous, we had an in-depth discussion on the pharmaceutical industry’s viewpoint, and this will also incorporate into discussions.

Nardin Samuel and Matt Koehler - Co-presidents
Matthew Lee - Case Study Coordinator

UN- Precription for healthy development

Hi all, the first journal club will be held on Oct. 30 at 4 pm in the UPS meeting room which is located in the first basement of the pharmacy building. Click to access to read the journals before hand.

Human rights guidelines for pharmaceutical companies in relation to access to medicine

Response to human rights guidelines for pharmaceutical companies in relation to access to medicine

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