Universities Allied for Essential Medicines

Universities Allied for Essential Medicines
Founded 2001
Location
  • Washington, DC
Key people
 Gloria Tavera,
President of Board of Directors
Merith Basey,
Executive Director
Slogan "Our drugs. Our labs. Our responsibility."
Website http://www.uaem.org

Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) is a student-led organization working to improve access to and affordability of medicines around the world, and to increase research and development of drugs for neglected tropical diseases.

Supported by an active board of directors and guided by an advisory board that includes Partners in Health co-founder Paul Farmer and Nobel Laureate Sir John Sulston, UAEM has mobilized hundreds of students on more than 70 campuses in more than 15 countries.[1] These student advocates have convinced universities worldwide to adopt equitable global access licensing policies for licensing their medical research, in order to make life-saving health innovations affordable and accessible in low and middle income countries. UAEM has published two student-led research projects—the University Report Card, which ranks universities on their contributions to global health and has received coverage in The New York Times and others; and Re:Route, a mapping of biomedical research and development (R&D) alternatives.[2]

The organization is currently working globally on a campaign aimed at encouraging the WHO to discuss an R&D agreement.

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/11/22/university-patents-limit-access-to-medicine-these-students-want-to-change-that/
  2. ↑ http://www.ip-watch.org/2016/02/25/reroute-a-ready-reckoner-of-alternative-rd-models-for-health/

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