"I have never opposed generics"-British Ex-Politician

Monday, June 28, 2010

KAMPALA: Baroness Lynda Chalker, a former British government minister, has been at the forefront of the intellectual property rights crusade to pass laws against counterfeits in east Africa. These laws threaten the use of life-saving generics in countries that depend on such medicines for some 90 percent of their healthcare needs.

The campaign has seen the Anti-Counterfeit Act of 2008 being adopted in Kenya while the Counterfeit Goods Bill is currently under consideration in Uganda.

Trade ministers of the East African Community (EAC) will consider an anti-counterfeit policy and law at regional level before the end of June, which has implications for Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda, the other three member states of the EAC.  The campaign has made further inroads as Malawi, Zambia and Ghana are considering similar laws.

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