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That one in every six

That one in every six

people on this globe

people on this globe suffers from a disease of

suffers from a disease of

poverty?poverty? That ten million people

That ten million people

die each year from

die each year from diseases that have

diseases that have available cures?

available cures? That, in the time it takes

That, in the time it takes

to read this slide, 5

to read this slide, 5 people have died from

people have died from

preventable causes?

preventable causes?

What

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What

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Universities Allied for

Universities Allied for

Essential Medicines

Essential Medicines

International

International organization

organization United States

United States Europe

Europe CanadaCanada Brazil

Brazil Works to construct

Works to construct

creative, new

creative, new approaches to improving

approaches to improving

the development and

the development and

delivery of public health

delivery of public health

goodsgoods Focuses on Neglected

Focuses on Neglected

Tropical Diseases

Tropical Diseases

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to determine how

to determine how universities can help

universities can help

ensure that biomedical

ensure that biomedical

end products, such as

end products, such as

drugs, are made more

drugs, are made more

accessible in poor

accessible in poor countries and

countries and

to increase the amount

to increase the amount

of research conducted

of research conducted

on neglected diseases,

on neglected diseases,

or those diseases

or those diseases predominantly affecting

predominantly affecting

people who are too poor

people who are too poor

to constitute a market

to constitute a market

attractive to private-

attractive to private-

sector R&D investment.

sector R&D investment.

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Buruli Ulcer

American American

Trypanosomiasis

Trypanosomiasis

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DiseaseDisease

Breakbone

Breakbone

Fever-Fever- Dengue

Dengue

haemorrhagic

haemorrhagic

feverfever

Guinea Worm

Guinea Worm

Disease-Disease-

Dracunculiasis

Dracunculiasis

FascioliasisFascioliasis

African African

Sleeping Sleeping

Sickness-Sickness-

Human African

Human African

trypanosomiasis

trypanosomiasis

Black Fever-

Black Fever-

Leishmaniasis

Leishmaniasis

LeprosyLeprosy

Elephantiasis-

Elephantiasis-

Lymphatic Lymphatic

filariasisfilariasis

Neglected Neglected

zoonotic zoonotic

diseasesdiseases

River River

Blindness-Blindness-

Onchocerciasis

Onchocerciasis

Snail Fever-

Snail Fever-

Schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis

Soil transmitted

Soil transmitted

helminthiasis

helminthiasis

TrachomaTrachoma

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Called diseases of

Called diseases of povertypoverty Generally in 3

Generally in 3 rdrd world world

countriescountries Rich countries got rid of

Rich countries got rid of

them long ago

them long ago Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical companies have no

companies have no financial gains

financial gains No money to be made

No money to be made

means no new medicines

means no new medicines

developeddeveloped

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When a University

When a University develops a drug, they sell

develops a drug, they sell

rights to it via a license to a

rights to it via a license to a

company. That company

company. That company

then patents the drug and

then patents the drug and

has the only rights to

has the only rights to

produce it for a set number

produce it for a set number

of years. This allows them

of years. This allows them

to charge literally anything

to charge literally anything

they want for profit.

they want for profit. What can help?

What can help?Global Access Policies with

Global Access Policies with

universities can allow the

universities can allow the

license to be accessible to

license to be accessible to

generic companies as well

generic companies as well

as the big drug companies.

as the big drug companies.

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Scientists at Yale University

discovered one of the first AIDS

drugs, a molecule known as

stavudine. Within a few years of its

release, stavudine helped change

HIV/AIDS from a rapid death sentence

to a manageable condition. But stavudine was not reaching

millions of desperately suffering

people because they lacked the

money to purchase it.Working with students on campus,

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urged

Yale, as the patent-holder, to help

increase access to the urgently

needed drug. MSF’s request exploded

into a student campaign that gave

birth to Universities Allied for

Essential Medicines.

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Cont.

Cont.

Yale and Bristol-Myers

Squibb jointly announced that they

would allow generic

manufacturers of Stavudine to compete

in certain markets,

thus lowering the price

of the drug from $15,000 per patient

per year to just $55!

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50 cents Campaign Global Health

Global Health SymposiumSymposium Health RSO Day

Health RSO Day Global Access Week -

Global Access Week -

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part

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part

of

UA

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? For ALL majors

For ALL majors Anything members

Anything members want to focus on can

want to focus on can

be a goal of the

be a goal of the organization

organization Chance to make a

Chance to make a differencedifference

What

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What

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Biweekly meetings

Biweekly meetings Learn about other parts

Learn about other parts

of the worldof the world Work to raise money

Work to raise money

and educate people in

and educate people in

the fights against

the fights against tropical diseases

tropical diseases Have the chance to

Have the chance to participate in a global

participate in a global

movementmovement New organization = new

New organization = new

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““There is no them,There is no them, there is only us.there is only us.””

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