In this episode of Charter for Health we approach the discussion of free trade agreements, commercialization and privatization of health systems and the impacts on local economies, healthcare and access to medicines in developing countries.

Our guest is Abhay Shukla, he is a public health physician based in India, working on public and community health issues. He is Senior consultant, and a national co-convener of People’s Health Movement – India. He has co-edited and authored the books ‘Review of Health care in India’, ‘Health system in India – crisis and alternatives’ as well as ‘Dissenting Diagnosis’, exposing malpractices in the private medical sector in India.

Also featuring the viewpoint of Roshan John, Intellectual Property Lawyer talking to The People’s Dispatch about the scope of the UK-India free trade agreement negotiations on medicines.