Japanese proposal on TRIPS and Public Health for
bridge-building


To bridge the gap by a package comprising two
decisions of the General Council, both of which are
integral parts of an overall agreement.

One decision is to adopt the TRIPS Council Chair=92s
text of December 16, 2002, as is, and the other is to
be an addendum to the first and will contain the
following points;



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IMPLEMENTATION OF PARAGRAPH 6 OF THE DOHA DECLARATION
ON THE TRIPS AGREEMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH


Addendum


1.=09The public health problems referred to in paragraph
1(a) in the Decision (WT/GC/ =85) will cover at minimum
those caused by diseases listed in the Annex to this
addendum.

2.=09The TRIPS Council will be mandated to be ready to
confirm, if necessary, the coverage of other disease
and add to the list, as Addendum, and to make
available for itself, as appropriate, views of any
outside experts in the course of its deliberations.



ANNEX


yellow fever,
plague,
cholera,
meningococcal disease,
African trypanosomiasis,
dengue,
influenza,
HIV/AIDS,
leishmaniasis,
tuberculosis,
malaria,
hepatitis,
leptospirosis,
pertussis,
poliomyelitis,
schistosomiasis,
typhoid fever,
typhus,
measles,
shigellosis,
haemorrhagic fevers and
arboviruses