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Parallel session	Monday, 19 April 2010 Session PS26/room 14
16:00 17:30	Accountability and Access to Essential Medicines: Global Perspectives
	Chairs: Guy Willis, Director of Communications, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA), Switzerland Richard Laing, Team Leader, Medicine Information and Evidence for Policy, Department of Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies, World Health Organization, Switzerland

	Impact of the Economic Recession on the Consumption of Medicines
	Richard Laing, Team Leader, Medicine Information and Evidence for Policy, Department of Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies, World Health Organization, Switzerland
	Strategies for Universal Access to Medicines: A Case Study of Participatory Healthy Public Policy in Thailand
	Tipicha Posayanonda, PhD, The National Health Commission Office, Nonthaburi, Thailand
	The Access to Medicine Index: A Key Information Source for Societies in Need
	Femke Markus, Managing Director, Access to Medicine Index Foundation, The Netherlands

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