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Voices from the Symposium: Chee Yoke Ling

Reflections from the UNU-IIGH & Third World Network Symposium on private sector influence, accountability & equity in global health governance.

22 April 2025, Kuala Lumpur – In this fifth episode of the Strengthening Global Health Governance interview series, Chee Yoke Ling, Executive Director of Third World Network, delivers a rigorous critique of the contemporary global health architecture, addressing how global power structures, intellectual property regimes, and corporate monopolies are shaping access to health and medicines, notably by constraining generic competition and inflating prices.

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