Click here to add your support to the Patient Declaration on Medical Innovation and Access.
PATIENT DECLARATION ON MEDICAL INNOVATION AND ACCESS
We, the undersigned, support the WHO’s efforts towards developing a global strategy to improve global medical innovation and access.
Moving forwards, it is essential that that WHO not proceed with recommending changes to international patent protection (IPP) as it relates to medical R&D and healthcare until patient groups have had the opportunity to be educated and directly engaged. Other groups, however well intentioned, do not speak on behalf of patients.
We further recommend that the WHO:
The following individuals have signed the patient declaration:
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Name |
Organization |
Country |
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1 |
Durhane Wong-Rieger |
Consumer Advocare Network |
Canada |
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2 |
Judy Cutler |
Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP) |
Canada |
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3 |
Mary Kim |
Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance (CAPA) |
Canada |
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4 |
Denis Morrice |
Bone and Joint Decade |
Canada |
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5 |
Cristina Caballero |
Dialogue on Diversity |
U.S.A. |
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6 |
Alicia Diaz |
National Latina Health Network |
U.S.A. |
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7 |
Shaleena Theophilus |
Canadian AIDS Society |
Canada |
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8 |
Marilia Casseb |
Associação Brasileira do Câncer (ABCancer) |
Brazil |
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9 |
Jacqueline Cahill |
The Canadian Continence Foundation |
Canada |
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10 |
Joseph Witalis |
The Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders |
Canada |
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11 |
Dominique Etienne |
The Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders |
Canada |
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12 |
Elisabeth Fowler |
The Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders |
Canada |
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13 |
Adrian Koning |
Canadian Fabry Association |
Canada |
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14 |
Joan Steevie |
Cure Arthritis Now |
U.S.A. |
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15 |
Elizabeth Helms |
TMJ & Orofacial Pain Society of America |
U.S.A. |
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16 |
Karen Vicari |
Alliance for Better Medicine |
U.S.A. |
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17 |
Dr. Gene Copello |
The AIDS Institute |
U.S.A. |
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18 |
Adriana Feldman |
Fundación Argentina de Talasemia (FUNDATAL) |
Argentina |
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19 |
Sérgio Metzger |
ADJ /RNPD/IDF-Saca |
Brazil |
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20 |
Paola Furini Pantiga |
Associação Brasileira de Esclerose Múltipla (ABEM) |
Brazil |
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21 |
Merula Steagall |
Associação Brasileira de Linfoma e Leucemia (ABRALE) |
Brazil |
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22 |
Ana Maria Padovan |
Associação Brasileira de Linfoma e Leucemia (ABRALE) |
Brazil |
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23 |
Juares Pires de Souza |
Associação Brasileira de Linfoma e Leucemia (ABRALE) |
Brazil |
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24 |
Candida Carvalheira |
Associação Brasileira de Ostomizados (ABRASO) |
Brazil |
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25 |
Marcilene del Nero Ricci Machado |
Associação Brasileira de Talassemia (ABRASTA) |
Brazil |
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26 |
Flavia Toffoli Versolato |
Associação Dá Pra Ir |
Brazil |
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27 |
Nadir Amaral |
Associação Pro Falcemicos (APROFE) |
Brazil |
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28 |
Cássia Regina Zappellini de Souza |
Centro dos Hemofilicos do Estado de São Paulo |
Brazil |
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29 |
Maria Cecilia Magalhães Pinto |
Centro dos Hemofilicos do Estado de São Paulo |
Brazil |
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30 |
Tania Maria Pietrobelli |
Federação Brasileira de Hemofilia |
Brazil |
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31 |
Ever Felicio de Carvalho |
Grupo Esperança |
Brazil |
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32 |
Carlos Varaldo |
Grupo Otimismo de Apoio ao Portador de Hepatite |
Brazil |
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33 |
Stella De Carli Cardoso de Oliveira |
Lágrima Brasil |
Brazil |
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34 |
José Marcos de Oliveira |
Movimento Nacional de Luta contra a AIDS |
Brazil |
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35 |
Adriana Leocádio |
Portal Saúde |
Brazil |
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36 |
Luz Victoria Salazar |
ACOPEL |
Columbia |
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37 |
Yolima Mendez |
Fundacion Colombiana de Leucemia y Linfoma (FCL) |
Columbia |
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38 |
Laureen Orozco |
FUNDREPA |
Costa Rica |
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39 |
Haydee Benoit de García |
Fundación de Apoyo al Hemofilico (FAHEM) |
Dominican Republic |
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40 |
Silvia Castillo de Armas |
ASOPALEU |
Guatemala |
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41 |
Juan Guillermo Millan |
Asociación Mexicana de Lucha Contra el Cancer |
Mexico |
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42 |
Cinthia Batista |
Asociación Panameña para la prevención de la Anemia Falciforme (APPAF) |
Panama |
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43 |
María Elena Campos |
Fundación Asoleu |
Paraguay |
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44 |
Giovanna Bosleman |
Asociación Vida Nueva |
Peru |
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45 |
Raul Matamoros |
Asociación Vida Nueva |
Peru |
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46 |
Valeria Mouro |
Asociación Uruguaya de Leucemias y Afines (ASUL) |
Uruguay |
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47 |
Maria Isabel Gomez |
Asociación de Ayuda a Pacientes Hemato-oncológicos (ASAPHE) |
Venezuela |
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48 |
Cesar Garrido |
Asociacion Venezolana para la Hemofilia |
Venezuela |
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49 |
Anne Lyddiatt |
Patient Partners |
Canada |
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50 |
Amanda Caballero-Holmes |
National Latina Health Network |
U.S.A. |
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51 |
Virginia Ladd |
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association |
U.S.A. |
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52 |
Dr. Wayne Taylor |
Asthma Society of Canada |
Canada |
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53 |
Vlastimil Milata |
Association of Czech Diabetics |
Czech Republic |
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54 |
Lenka Rejlová |
Association of Czech Diabetics |
Czech Republic |
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55 |
Josef Pohůnek |
Association of psoriatics and atopic eczema patients |
Czech Republic |
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56 |
Vojtech Pohůnek |
Association of psoriatics and atopic eczema patients |
Czech Republic |
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57 |
Jakub Śliwa |
Foundation "To Rescue Children With Cancer" |
Poland |
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58 |
Jarosław Tanaś |
Foundation "To Rescue Children With Cancer" |
Poland |
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59 |
Andrzej Bogdanowicz |
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Poland - Division Wielkopolska |
Poland |
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60 |
Karol Kurpet |
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Poland - Division Wielkopolska |
Poland |
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61 |
Wiesław Kowalski |
Polish Association People Infected by Psoriasis |
Poland |
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62 |
Wojciech Sławomir Wilkowski |
Polish Association People Infected by Psoriasis |
Poland |
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63 |
Aleksandra Baranowska |
Urszula Jaworska Foundation |
Poland |
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64 |
Anna Bordiuk |
Urszula Jaworska Foundation |
Poland |
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65 |
Miroslav Tkáčik |
Association of Slovak citizens with epilepsy - Aura |
Slovak Republic |
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66 |
Nora Tkáčiková |
Association of Slovak citizens with epilepsy - Aura |
Slovak Republic |
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67 |
Jozef Vratil |
Association of Slovak citizens with epilepsy - Aura |
Slovak Republic |
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68 |
Oľga Zichová |
Slovak association of people with diabetes (Bratislava) |
Slovak Republic |
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69 |
Katarína Štepánková |
Slovenská asociácia cystickej fibrózy |
Slovak Republic |
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70 |
Krasimira Todorova Gerginska-Yordanova |
Association Compassion Alzheimer Bulgaria |
Bulgaria |
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71 |
Mensura Drazic |
Coalition of Associations in Healthcare |
Croatia |
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72 |
Josipa Gazibara |
Coalition of Associations in Healthcare |
Croatia |
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73 |
Ritsuko Yamaguchi |
Mood Disorders Association of Japan |
Japan |
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74 |
Emiko Tsuji |
Osaka City University Hospital Cancer Patient Support Group |
Japan |
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75 |
Noriko Murakami |
Pulmonary Hypertension Association of Japan |
Japan |
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76 |
Maki Hamamoto |
To Live With Cancer Society |
Japan |
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77 |
Milan Hosta |
Asthma and Sport |
Slovenia |
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78 |
Gail Hunt |
National Alliance of Caregiving |
U.S.A. |
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79 |
Andrew Sperling |
NAMI |
U.S.A. |
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80 |
László Dobolyi |
You Can Recover Association |
Hungary |
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81 |
Tünde Kazda |
CML and GIST patient´s Association |
Hungary |
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82 |
János Kincses |
Magyar Cukorbetegek Országos Szövetsége |
Hungary |
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83 |
Antal Kovács |
Tatabàuyai Csontritkulás Klub |
Hungary |
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84 |
Márta Liebermann |
Pluss Magyarországi HIV Pozitívakat Segítő Egyesületet |
Hungary |
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85 |
Ilona Mártaszéki |
Maygar Lupus Foundation |
Hungary |
|
86 |
András Nagy |
Patient |
Hungary |
|
87 |
Mária Nemes |
Public benefit Association of Patients Cured with Oxygene |
Hungary |
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88 |
Kati Németh |
Hungarian Osteoporosis Patient Association |
Hungary |
|
89 |
Pos Péter |
Association of Asthmatic and Allergic Patients (ABOSZ) |
Hungary |
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90 |
Magda Rohánszky |
"Firebird" Foundation for Cancer Patients |
Hungary |
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91 |
Sándor Sipőcz |
Fejér Megyei Sclerosis Multiplexesek Egyesülete |
Hungary |
|
92 |
Artúrné Dr. Vasvári |
Magyar Rákellenes Liga (Hungarian League Against Cancer) |
Hungary |
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93 |
Nikolett Vinczné Marton |
Magyar Sclerosis Multiplex Társaság alenloke |
Hungary |
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94 |
Klára Zalatnai |
Hungarian Osteoporosis Patient Association |
Hungary |
|
95 |
Zsuzsa Sendrő |
Patient |
Hungary |
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96 |
Martha Nolan |
Society for Women's Health Research |
U.S.A. |
|
97 |
John Forman |
New Zealand Organization for Rare Disorders |
New Zealand |
|
98 |
Julie Venners |
Lupus Foundation of America |
U.S.A. |
|
99 |
Cynthia Wainscott |
Mental health advocate |
U.S.A. |
|
100 |
Maira Caleffi |
FEMAMA |
Brazil |
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101 |
Nicole Massicotte |
Alpha-1 Canada |
Canada |
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102 |
Luz Marina Umbasia Bernal |
Fundacion Henry Ardila |
Columbia |
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103 |
Igreja Católica (Bispo) |
Abílio Ribas |
Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe |
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104 |
Christina Pohlman |
APS Foundation of America, Inc |
U.S.A. |
|
105 |
Harry Kletzko |
Deutsche Schmerzliga e.V. (German Pain League) |
Germany |
|
106 |
Joan Young |
Platelet Disorder Support Association |
U.S.A. |
|
107 |
Stella Pavlides |
American Vitiglio Research Foundation |
U.S.A. |
|
108 |
Kathleen A. Arntsen |
Lupus Foundation of Mid & Northern New York, Inc. |
U.S.A. |
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109 |
Mary Lou Ballweg |
Endometriosis Association |
U.S.A. |
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110 |
Joyce A. Kullman |
Vasculitis Foundation |
U.S.A. |
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111 |
Maria Ines Marchegiani de Ucke |
Liga Argentina de Lucha Contra el Cancer |
Argentina |
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112 |
Regina N. M. Kamoga |
CHAIN Uganda |
Uganda |
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113 |
Akiko Matsumoto |
HPO Fine |
Japan |
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114 |
Claudia Patricia Urrego González |
FUNDAYAMA |
Columbia |