Access to Medicines Training for Patient Advocates
If you are a patient advocate and would like to better understand the reasons behind unaffordable and inaccessible medicines, AMI are offering a one day training session. The training session will be facilitated by Diarmaid McDonald from Just Treatment and will concentrate on the following topics:
The problem with high costs of medicines
Why are medicines prices so high?
Impact of intellectual property on access to medicines and innovation
How global health activists are fighting for patients
Patients voice!
If this is something you are interested in, please get in contact with patient advocates and Access to Medicines Ireland members:
Sheila Fitzgerald: sheilaardfert@gmail.com
OR
Robbie Lawlor: robbielwr@hotmail.com
WHERE: The Richmond Education and Event Centre, Smithfield, Co. Dublin, Ireland (fully accessible)
WHEN: Monday, September 9th
TIME: 11am - 4.30pm
TRAVEL: If you need assistance with travel costs, please discuss this with Sheila and Robbie, and we will discuss contribution towards your travel.