TRIPS, Access to Medicines and Developing Nations: Towards an Open Source Solution

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishna Ravi Srinivas
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Access To Medicines ◽  
Developing Nations

Open Source Software

2010 ◽  
pp. 410-422
Author(s):  
David Parry ◽  
Emma Parry ◽  
Phurb Dorj ◽  
Peter Stone
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Health Project

The global burden of disease falls most heavily on people in developing countries. Few resources for healthcare, geographical and infrastructure issues, lack of trained staff, language and cultural diversity and political instability all affect the ability of health providers to support effective and efficient healthcare. Health information systems are a key aspect of improving healthcare, but existing systems are often expensive and unsuitable. Open source software appears to be a promising avenue for quickly and cheaply introducing health information systems that are appropriate for developing nations. This article describes some aspects of open source e-health software that are particularly relevant to developing nations, issues and problems that may arise and suggests some future areas for research and action. Suggestions for critical success factors are included. Much of the discussion will be related to a case study of a training and e-health project, currently running in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.

scholarly journals Pharmaceutical Patents in Developing Nations: Parallel Importation and the Doctrine of Exhaustion

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 287-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah McKeith
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Access To Medicines ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Pharmaceutical Products ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Parallel Importation ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Protecting Intellectual Property ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This article examines the impact of parallel importation and the doctrine of patent exhaustion on access to pharmaceutical products in developing nations around the world. Parallel importation is of particular relevance to developing countries given that it is in these countries where medicines are often limited and exorbitant prices can be charged for those drugs that are available. Against this backdrop, this article examines the international legal regulation of patent exhaustion and proposes a solution to the difficulties currently experienced by many developing countries in attempting to use parallel importation to promote public health and improve access to medicines. The solution proposed in this article comprises a regional approach to patent exhaustion, which involves the introduction of complimentary legal and policy measures to the regional framework that currently exists in the developing world. It is argued that this proposal strikes an optimal balance between protecting intellectual property rights and increasing access to medicines that works in the best interests of pharmaceutical patent holders and developing country patent users.

Open Source Software

2011 ◽  
pp. 162-174
Author(s):  
David Parry ◽  
Emma Parry ◽  
Phurb Dorji ◽  
Peter Stone
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Health Project

The global burden of disease falls most heavily on people in developing countries. Few resources for healthcare, geographical and infrastructure issues, lack of trained staff, language and cultural diversity and political instability all affect the ability of health providers to support effective and efficient healthcare. Health information systems are a key aspect of improving healthcare, but existing systems are often expensive and unsuitable. Open source software appears to be a promising avenue for quickly and cheaply introducing health information systems that are appropriate for developing nations. This paper describes some aspects of open-source e-health software that are particularly relevant to developing nations, issues and problems that may arise and suggests some future areas for research and action. Suggestions for critical success factors are included. Much of the discussion will be related to a case study of a training and E-health project, currently running in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.

Open Source

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fadi P. Deek ◽  
James A. M. McHugh
Keyword(s):  
Open Source

Open-source software

AccessScience ◽  
2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software

Electronic Course Management Systems: Commercial Versus Open Source

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Regan ◽  
Daniel Lackaye
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Course Management Systems ◽  
Course Management

Open source, web-based IAT

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Winter Mason
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Web Based

Open source system: Migration and adoption for educational purposes in a developing nation

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Toko ◽  
Ernesto Mnkandla
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Developing Nation ◽  
System Migration
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