Report of the Workshop on Differential Pricing & Financing of Essential Drugs

A WHO/WTO SECRETARIAT WORKSHOP

World Health Organization and World Trade Organization Secretariats
Norwegian Foreign Affairs Ministry, Global Health Council
8-11 April 2001, Høsbjør, Norway

This workshop was jointly convened by the WHO and WTO Secretariats, hosted and financially supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, co-financed by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and organized and planned with the assistance of the Global Health Council. This report seeks to describe the work done at the workshop, summarizing the principal issues identified and points made. It has been prepared by and under the responsibility of the WHO and WTO Secretariats.

* Background papers for the Workshop are available from the World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/medicines/library/edm_general/who-wto-hosbjor/who-wto-hosbjor.html) and the World Trade Organization (http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/wto_background_e.doc).

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs