MEDIA ADVISORY

Corruption in the health sector is a matter of life and death, says new report

Berlin, Germany, 13 January 2006

Media Contacts:
Sarah Tyler/Jesse Garcia (Berlin)
Tel: +49 30 34 38 2019/45

Diana Rodriguez (London)
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7022 1915

Note for News and Planning Editors

Corruption in the health sector is a matter of life and death, says new report

Transparency International will launch the Global Corruption Report 2006: corruption and health

at 09:30 Wednesday, 1 February 2006

The Foreign Press Association
11 Carlton House Terrace
London
SW1Y 5AJ

Speakers:

David Nussbaum, Chief Executive, Transparency International
Dr Dora Akunyili, Director, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Nigeria
William Savedoff, Senior Partner of Social Insight, USA

THE REPORT IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 09:30 GMT

Pluto Press & Transparency International are delighted to invite you to the launch of Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report 2006
Invitation to the evening event (PDF).

TI Global Corruption Report 2006 highlights corruption in the health sector

Now in its fifth year, the Global Corruption Report 2006 analyses the detrimental impact of corruption on health care systems around the world. Expert authors assess the vulnerabilities to corruption of different types of health care system and recommend ways to prevent huge losses to embezzlement, corruption in the buying of medicines and equipment, and payment fraud. The Global Corruption Report also looks at how the massive marketing spend by pharmaceutical companies can distort decisions that affect health, and raises questions about the approach taken by the international community to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Rounding out the Global Corruption Report are 45 country reports that take stock of recent corruption-related developments, and a selection of the latest empirical research on corruption.

For an embargoed copy of the report please write to styler@transparency.org