And the United States’ Prioritization of Pharmaceutical Monopoly Protections Isn’t Helping Prior to the start of the World Trade...
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Public Health Groups & Others Urge Support for WTO Proposal to Increase Access to COVID Tests & Treatments
For Immediate Release Public Health Groups & Others Urge Support for WTO Proposal to Increase Access to COVID Tests &...
Statement on the Biden Administration’s Support for Extending Deadline on COVID Test & Treatment Access
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This morning, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced its support for extending the upcoming...
Students Across the U.S. Urge Biden Administration to Lift Barriers to Global COVID Test & Treatment Access
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Students on over a dozen campuses across the U.S. are participating in a “Week of Action” calling on the...
41 Civil Society Groups Urge White House to Support Lifting WTO Barriers to COVID Test & Treatment Access
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. should publicly support lifting World Trade Organization (WTO) barriers to COVID test and treatment...
298 Public Health, Labor & Other Groups Condemn WTO’s Failure to Waive Rules Standing in the Way of COVID Vaccine & Treatment Access
EU, Switzerland, UK & US Criticized for Blocking a Waiver; Governments Urged to Take Action Outside of the WTO WASHINGTON,...
WTO Fails Basic “Do No Further Harm” on Access to COVID Vaccines, Treatments, Tests
U.S. Health, Development & Human Rights Groups: WTO Fails Basic “Do No Further Harm” Test on Eve of Ministerial Nations Must...
Ahead of WTO Summit, 750+ Students Nationwide Urge President Biden to Support Global COVID Vaccine & Treatment Access
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As governments worldwide prepare to meet at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva for its first...
170+ Public Health, Faith, Trade Groups Urge White House To Reject Alternative WTO IP Text
WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 170 national and state public health, faith and trade organizations urged the Biden administration...
Nationwide ‘Unhappy Birthday’ Protests Mark Unfulfilled Vaccine Equity Promise
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Public health advocates held “unhappy birthday” protests this week marking the one year since President Joe...
Statement: WTO Alternative to COVID IP Waiver Is Complete Garbage
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The World Trade Organization (WTO) today formally introduced an alternative proposal to a waiver of...
Statement: Biden Must Deliver at Second White House Global COVID-19 Vaccine Summit
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the White House announced a second White House Global COVID-19 Summit to be held May 12. The Trade...
Public Health Groups Urge President Biden to Reject Leaked WTO Text on COVID
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Leading U.S. organizations today joined their South African and Indian counterparts in urging their...
Statement: Leaked WTO Proposal on COVID Vaccines Won’t Help End the Pandemic
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Newly-leaked text from the World Trade Organization pertaining to monopoly protections for pharmaceutical...
Entering Third Year of Pandemic, Nationwide Protests Demand World Leaders End COVID Monopolies
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, March 11, two years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, people on...
80-plus Civil Society Groups Urge Greater Global Vaccination Action From Biden
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden must commit to a complete waiver of intellectual property rights for COVID vaccines,...
Locals Honor Family Members Lost to COVID, Thank First Responders With Valentine’s Day Display
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Portland, Ore. and Killeen, Texas residents today displayed hundreds of valentines cards and letters in local...
End The Pandemic Now
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the vast majority of people in low-income nations still do not have access to COVID...