Statements

  • A year since the TRIPS waiver proposal, and the Philippines continues to waver on the waiver

    A year since the TRIPS waiver proposal, and the Philippines continues to waver on the waiver

    This time last year, South Africa and India filed a proposal at the World Trade Organization seeking to remove intellectual property barriers and waive patents on diagnostics, medicines, vaccines, and technologies that will prevent, treat, and contain the pandemic. Since then, over 100 countries around the world have backed the move, including most African and…

  • Statement regarding the current state of vaccination

    Statement regarding the current state of vaccination

    As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise, the government must hasten their COVID-19 pandemic response and effectively address the problems of the national vaccination program. The slow vaccination of health care workers, senior citizens and persons with co-morbidities, compounded by reports of well-connected individuals and government officials jumping the line add to grave…