Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views at a round table on “Increasing access to medicines – perspectives from civil society” on September 12, 2017 at Yale Club of New York.
Agenda
Increasing access to medicines – perspectives from civil society
| 0800 Continental breakfast (optional) |
| 0900 Welcome remarks, Philip Stevens, Director, Geneva Network |
| 0905-1015 Barriers to access – the problem of health financing
Moderator – Alberto Saracho, Fundacion IDEA, Mexico Franklin Cudjoe, Founding President, Imani, Ghana Amir Ullah Khan, Policy Advisor, BMGF India Jasson Urbach, Director, Free Market Foundation of Southern Africa |
| 1015-1030 Coffee |
| 1030-1140 Barriers to international and domestic distribution of medicines
Moderator –Steve Globerman, Fraser Institute Matthias Bauer, Senior Economist, European Centre for International Political Economy Pradeep Mehta, President, CUTS International, India Selin Arshalanmemis, TEPAV, Turkey |
| 1140-1200 Infrastructure, innovation and access to medicines
Amit Kapoor, Indian Council on Competitiveness |
| 1200 Sandwich lunch |
