TY - BOOK AU - Beigbeder, Y. TI - International Public Health: patients' rights vs. the protection of patents SN - 0-7546-3621-6 AV - WA 300 .B45 2003 PY - 2004/// CY - Hants PB - Ashgate Publishing Limited KW - Public Health|Patients|Patents|Developing Countries|Medicine|Vaccines|Malaria|Tuberculosis|Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome|HIV|World Health Organization N1 - Reveals the need for cooperation between major organisations that could be intergovernmental, commercial or nongovernmental so as to ensure that developing countries have access to affordable medicines and vaccines. Reviews specific areas of international public health issues and programmes by examining the World Health Organization. Provides studies on the the value and risks of public-private partnerships, the access of poor populations to essential drugs and the fight against malaria, tuberculosis and the HIV/AIDS epidemic ER -