Bookmarks

The CBD website provides models and outlines for ABS Agreements and contracts:

http://www.cbd.int/abs/resources/contracts.shtml

The WIPO website hosts a database of biodiversity related access and benefit sharing agreements:

http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/databases/contracts/index.html

For more information on access and benefit sharing, view the Intellectual Property Rights section of the Global Traditional Medicine section:

http://globaltraditionalmedicine.tghn.org/key-areas/intellectual-property-rights/

Can health innovations designed for a developing country setting be applied in a developed country setting?

Is it time for developed countries to learn from the lessons of developing countries?

How can we move away from the synthetic barriers to progress and the boundaries associated with being developed and developing countries?

This series aims to move beyond the narrow constraints of traditional thinking to promote bi-directional learning that challenges and rethinks traditional practice within global health systems. The guest editors of the series are Shamsuzzoha Syed and Viva Dadwal.For further information, please visit the Globalization and Health website at http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/

We are pleased to introduce a new journal of the Bioline family--the Rwanda Medical Journal. RMJ was added to Bioline in May and is being published by the Rwanda Biomedical Centre. It features articles on health care in Rwanda, and aims to cultivate discussion on health issues between health care professionals and academics alike. Abstracts are available in both English and French.