Thematic Campaigns
PHM activists organise following thematic groups in addition to their local or regional activities based on local needs and issues:
Extractive Industries
Access to Affordable quality health care and medicines
Food sovereignty
Anti privatisation of Health care
Gender and reproductive justice
Trade and health
PHM advocates that Health should not be viewed as a commodity that is traded in the market. The PHM supports the call for taking health related subjects out of the global trade negotiations and from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other regional and bilateral trade agreements. The PHM views the agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights(TRIPS) as iniquitous and against the interest of developing countries and poor patients. It supports legislation in India and other countries which allows generic drug companies to manufacture medications still covered by patents in other countries.
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