Date of Award
10-2004
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Jocelyn Downie
Abstract
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is a devastating medical, social and economic problem in many developing countries. Presently, the only therapeutic remedies for the disease are antiretroviral drugs, which do not cure HIV/AIDS but are effective in restoring the health of people living with HIV/AIDS. Unfortunately, these drugs are unavailable to many people living with the disease in developing countries. This has been attributed to the exorbitant prices resulting from the patent rights of multinational pharmaceutical companies over the drugs. Legal literature has therefore focused principally on intellectual property rights as obstacles to access to antiretroviral drugs in developing countries. This thesis, however, seeks to extend the discourse to other impeding obstacles. This thesis examines the legal obligations which developed and developing countries may have to provide access to antiretroviral drugs in developing countries. The thesis argues that the right to health under international and domestic law may ground such legal obligations.
Recommended Citation
Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia, Providing Access to Generic Antiretroviral Drugs to People Living With HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries: An Examination of Legal Obligations (LLM Thesis, Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law, 2004) [unpublished].
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