TI Chair Huguette Labelle discusses the recommendations of the Global Corruption Report 2006 in Geneva on 10 May

Transparency International
invites you to a presentation on corruption and health

Wednesday, 10 May 2006
10:00 – 11:00
World Council of Churches
Salle IV
150 Route de Ferney, 1218 Geneva

Speakers:

1. Dr Huguette Labelle, Chair, Transparency International
2. Dr Hans Hogerzeil, Director, Medicines Policy and Standards, WHO

Dr Labelle will present the findings of Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report 2006, with its special focus on the detrimental effect of corruption on health care around the world. The Report recommends ways to prevent huge losses to embezzlement, corruption in the purchase of medicines and equipment, and payment fraud. It analyses how massive marketing campaigns by pharmaceutical companies can distort decisions that affect the quality of care, and questions the approach of the international community to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

For journalists: The presentation is open to the media. For interviews or other information, please contact Sarah Tyler at +49 3034382019 or styler@transparency.org

For more information:

• Thematic pages on Corruption and Health
• Download the GCR 2006
• Press Release 1 February 2006: Theft, bribery and extortion rob millions of proper healthcare, says Global Corruption Report 2006. Counterfeit drugs kill thousands each year and accelerate spread of drug-resistant diseases