(2004; 49 pages)


Implementation of the WTO General Council Decision on Paragraph 6 of the DOHA Declaration on the Trips Agreement and Public Health - Health Economics and Drugs Series No. 016
Carlos M. Correa
University of Buenos Aires
April 2004
Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy
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