
GCAP and members join more than 150 civil society orgs and experts urging WTO to ensure inclusive COVID-19 tests & treatments Friday December 16th, 2022
Dear Dr Okonjo-Iweala,
RE: The urgent need to agree to expand the WTO June 2022 Decision on COVID-19 vaccines to cover tests and therapeutics.
We are a global alliance of more than 160 organizations and experts from across the world, writing today to urge you to act on behalf of the interests of the hundreds of millions of people across the developing world facing COVID-19 without access to treatments or even tests. We are very concerned about the lack of Decision at the TRIPS Council meeting on the 6th of December and the proposed delay on this urgent matter until June 2023. Each day of delay means more infections, more deaths, and greater difficulties for the global economic recovery.
The WTO has the power and opportunity to help developing countries control the virus by expanding the June 2022 Decision on vaccine intellectual property to cover tests and therapeutics by the 17th December 2022 deadline agreed by WTO member countries.
Read the full letter from civil society organisations & experts urgently calling for Dr. Okonio-Iweala to act on this urgent matter here, signed by the following:
The People’s Vaccine Alliance
- AbibiNsroma Foundation
- Access to Medicines Ireland
- ActionAid
- ActionAid International
- Africa Japan Forum
- African Alliance
- Ahadi Achievers Empowerment CBO, Ahadi Achievers Empowerment CBO
- Alan Rossi Silva, Staff Attorney at the Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA)
- Amira Herdoiza , Executive Director Kimirina
- Amnesty International
- Anne Marie Collins, EqualHealth
- Annette Gaudino, Activist
- Annie Namala, Convener, Wada Na Todo Abhiyan
- APCASO
- Asia Russell, Executive Director, Health Global Access Project (Health GAP)
- Asociación de Mujeres Gente Nueva (AMUGEN)
- Asociación de mujeres VIH Santa Micaela
- Beckie Malay, PRRM
- BMS World Mission
- Cadre de concertation des ONG et Associations actives en éducation de base au Burkina Faso
- Catherine Dimitroulias, President of the Association of Women of Southern Europe AFEM
- Centre for Health Equity Zimbabwe
- César Artiga, Presidente de Asociación Generaciones de Paz (ASDEPAZ)
- CIEDUR
- Citizens Trade Campaign
- Civil Society SDGs Campaign GCAP Zambia
- Coalition for People’s Right to Health
- Council for NGOs in Malawi (CONGOMA)
- Diarmaid McDonald, Director, Just Treatment
- Dini Andriani , Manager Program
- Diverse Voices and Action (DIVA) for Equality
- Dr Marlise Richter, Researcher
- Dr Patricia Ranald, Convener, Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network
- Dr Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director of Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
- Dr Tinashe Goronga, Center for Health Equity Zimbabwe
- Dr Jonathan Nkalubo, Equal Health – Uganda Chapter
- EL GADDARI Abdelhalim, Programs director
- Empower India
- Engr(Dr.) Janet Adeyemi, National President at Women in Mining Nigeria
- EQUALHEALTH
- EqualHealth Global Campaign Against Racism
- GCAP Ghana
- GCAP Italy
- GCAP Sri Lanka-SDG Networks, Secretary General
- George Carter, Founder/Director, Foundation for Integrative AIDS Research (FIAR)
- Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP)
- Global Humanitarian Progress Corporation GHP Corp
- Global Humanitarian Progress GHP Corp, Luz Marina Umbasia
- Global Justice Now
- Graham Dutfield, Professor of International Governance, University of Leeds
- Halley Movement Coalition, Director
- Hani Serag, Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch
- Harry Prabowo, Asia Pacific Network of People living with HIV (APN+)
- Health Global Access Project
- Human Rights Watch
- Indonesia AIDS Coalition
- Initiative for Social and Economic Rights
- INSAF Delhi
- International Movement for Advancement of Education Culture Social & Economic Development (IMAECSED)
- International Youth Alliance for Peace Guarantee Limited
- Jahid Hossain Khan, Grameen Development Society (GDS)
- Javier Pablo Anamaria , Referente nacional Alterno de ITPC LATCA
- Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network – Africa (JENA)
- Judy Taguiwalo, Citizens’ Urgent Response to End COVID-19, Spokepersoj Justice is Global
- Karimi Kinoti, Interim Policy & Campaigns Director, Christian Aid
- Karin Slowing Umaña, Coordinadora de Investigación LaboratorioDeDatosGT
- Keikantse Phele , Keikantse Phele
- KHANA/Cambodia, Executive Director
- Kristine Yakhama , Africa Diabetes and Hypertension Association Kenya
- Labila Sumayah Musoke, Program Officer at the Initiative for Social and Economic Rights Lankaplus Organization
- Lídice López, corresponsales Clave, Corresponsales Clave
- Lois Chingandu, Acting Executive Director, Frontline AIDS
- LUTTE NATIONALE CONTRE LA PAUVRETE “LUNACOP/GCAP-RDC”
- Luz Marina Umbasia, GHP Corp
- Magatte MBODJ, Executive Director
- Manuel Machado, Misión Salud
- Marije Versteeg, Senior Global Health Advocate at Wemos
- Mario Gomez, Executive Director, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka
- Marium Amjad Khan, Program Manager at AwazCDS-Pakistan
- Martin Drewry, CEO of Health Poverty Action
- Michael Switow, Founder & Executive Committee member, ONE (SINGAPORE)
- Mrs Edna Dafe , Projext Director., Women’s Board-ECS
- Mtra María Angela Elías Marroquín, Universidad de El Salvador
- Namusobya Salima, Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER)
- National Association of Non Governmental Organisations,
- National Campaign for Sustainable Development Nepal
- National Fisheries Solidarity Movement [NAFSO]
- Network Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
- Networking Community HIV and AIDS Southern Africa, Executive Director
- NGO Federation Of Nepal
- Nigeria Network of NGOs
- NILUFAR BANU PhD, Executive Director. Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad
- Noakhali Rural Development Society (NRDS)
- Noé Ivan Flores Sosa , Asociación Hondureña Contra la Tuberculosis
- Observatori DESC
- Olayinka Joseph ADEBAJO, Executive Director at One Voice Initiative For Women and Children Emancipation
- ONE (Singapore)
- Oumar SOW, National coordinator Gcap- Sénégal
- Oxfam
- Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum,
- Partners In Health,
- Pauline Muchina, American Friends Service Committee
- People’s Vaccine Alliance Bangladesh
- People’s Vaccine Alliance – Asia
- People’s Vaccine Alliance Africa
- Peter Owiti , Global Covid Community Board
- Philip Kalio, Executive Director at Support Initiative for Sustainable Development (SISDEV)
- Physicians for Human Rights
- PODER Project on Organization, Development, Education and Research
- Prof P. Vassie Naidoo, University of KwaZulu-Natal [ People’s Vaccine Alliance, Professor from the University of KwaZulu Natal
- Brook K. Baker, Northeastern U. School of Law
- Dr. Jorge Bermudez, MD, DSc, Senior Researcher in Public Health, National School of Public Health/Fiocruz, Brazil
- Project on Organizing, Development, Education, and Research (PODER)
- Ayotunde Okelana , Executive Director/Cleannation Foundation
- Public Citizen
- Public Eye
- Raditya, Executive Director at Rumah Cemara
- Rajesh Didiya, National TB network
- Rajiv Dua, Chief Executive
- Ratikant Behera, FSDCA (Foundation for Sustainable Development and Climate Action)
- Raz Mohammad Dalili, Executive Advisor Sanayee Development Organization SDO
- Reshma Shakya, Advocacy and Communication Officer
- Rethink Trade, Director
- Richard Stern , Independent
- Right to Health Action, Policy team member at Right to Health Action
- Rights Initiative
- RISE TO INSPIRE AFRICA INITIATIVE
- Roman Rafael Vega Romero, People´s Health Movement – PHM
- Ronald Céspedes Barriga, Presidente de la Red Latinoamericana GayLatino
- Rossella Miccio, President of EMERGENCY
- Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Professor of International Affairs, The New School
- Salud por Derecho
- Sarojini N, Founder, Sama Resource Group for Women and Health
- Sbongile Nkosi, Co-Executive Director
- SEATINI – South Africa
- Serendipity Healthcare Foundation
- Sharad Onta, Country Coordinator, People’s Health Movement Nepal
- Shihab Quader, Head of International Projects at Yunus Centre
- Shirin Syed, Research Fellow, American University Washington College of Law
- Soe Naing, Executive Director, Alliance Myanmar
- South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication(SAAPE)
- Steve Lambert, Co-founder and Co-Director at the Center for Artistic Activism
- STOPAIDS
- SUNFO-Peoples Vaccine campaign, Director General
- Suruwat, Executive director
- Terence Dias, Admin Officer of Noakhali Rural Development Society (NRDS)
- The Rock of Hope Eswatin
- Trade Justice Education Fund
- Tumukunde Initiative Rwanda
- Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM)
- Universities Allied for Essential Medicines UK
- URUGUAIAN Network PLHiV REDLAC
- Vaccine Advocacy Resource Group, Vaccine Advocacy Resource Group
- Vanessa Japtha, Advocacy Manager
- Vinayaraj V K, Dr
- Wada Na Todo Abhiyan
- War on Want
- Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS
- Zia ur Rehman , AwazCDS-Pakistan