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Wed, 05/20/2009 - 09:51
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RI HOPES ADVANCED COUNTRIES CONSISTENT ON VIRUS SWAP ISSUE
Jakarta, May 19 (ANTARA) - Indonesia hopes advanced countries remain committed to supporting a new virus swap mechanism that is fair, transparent and equal at the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 18-22.
In a press statement on Tuesday the country's health ministry spokesman, Lily S Sulistyowati, said that consistency was very important with regard to reaching a mondial agreement on new virus swap mechanism that guarantees fairness and equality.
In an inter-governmental meeting on pandemic influenza preparedness (IGM-PIP) on May 14-15 advanced countries had expressed their support to efforts in forming a new virus swap mechanism which is fair and equal.
In the IGM-PIP mandated by WHA Resolution 60.28 to discuss standard material agreement (SMTA) participating countries approved around 85 percent of SMTA issues that were discussed.
Among the issues agreed upon as stated in the joint statement read out at the closing of the IGM-PIP were an agreement to use the SMTA for virus swap.
The SMTA principles have in general also been agreed upon including recognition on the need to integrate system of distribution of benefit to the SMTA which had so far been fought for by the Indonesian government with support from countries in Southeast Asia, Brazil and Africa.
"Further discussion is still needed particularly with regard to profit distribution," Lily said.
The final result of inter-governmental negotiations that have lasted for two years is expected to be able to be submitted to the WHA.
Urges for the conclusion of SMTA and virus swap mechanism in the upcoming WHA also came from health ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)+3 that had held a special meeting to discuss Influenza A (H1N1) in Bangkok on May 8, 2009.
Besides expressing committment to finishing inter-governmental talks on H5N1 and other virus swap they also urged the director general of the World Health Organization to support efforts to assure a fair and equal access to pandemic vaccine for all member countries.
They also urged the WHO director general to facilitate improvement of capability to produce influenza vaccine of the Asean-3 region and in other developing countries.
If SMTA problems could finally be solved and ratified in the WHO annual meeting in Geneva in May developing countries will have a big opportunity to increase their capacity of research and development of diagnostic equipment, vaccine and medicines for potentially pandemic infectious diseases, she said.
In a press statement on Tuesday the country's health ministry spokesman, Lily S Sulistyowati, said that consistency was very important with regard to reaching a mondial agreement on new virus swap mechanism that guarantees fairness and equality.
In an inter-governmental meeting on pandemic influenza preparedness (IGM-PIP) on May 14-15 advanced countries had expressed their support to efforts in forming a new virus swap mechanism which is fair and equal.
In the IGM-PIP mandated by WHA Resolution 60.28 to discuss standard material agreement (SMTA) participating countries approved around 85 percent of SMTA issues that were discussed.
Among the issues agreed upon as stated in the joint statement read out at the closing of the IGM-PIP were an agreement to use the SMTA for virus swap.
The SMTA principles have in general also been agreed upon including recognition on the need to integrate system of distribution of benefit to the SMTA which had so far been fought for by the Indonesian government with support from countries in Southeast Asia, Brazil and Africa.
"Further discussion is still needed particularly with regard to profit distribution," Lily said.
The final result of inter-governmental negotiations that have lasted for two years is expected to be able to be submitted to the WHA.
Urges for the conclusion of SMTA and virus swap mechanism in the upcoming WHA also came from health ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)+3 that had held a special meeting to discuss Influenza A (H1N1) in Bangkok on May 8, 2009.
Besides expressing committment to finishing inter-governmental talks on H5N1 and other virus swap they also urged the director general of the World Health Organization to support efforts to assure a fair and equal access to pandemic vaccine for all member countries.
They also urged the WHO director general to facilitate improvement of capability to produce influenza vaccine of the Asean-3 region and in other developing countries.
If SMTA problems could finally be solved and ratified in the WHO annual meeting in Geneva in May developing countries will have a big opportunity to increase their capacity of research and development of diagnostic equipment, vaccine and medicines for potentially pandemic infectious diseases, she said.
