Table 5 Summary of application of TRIPS flexibilities by African Region countries
Country | Date | Flexibility | Product | Patent filed/granted | Disease | Executed | Reason if not executed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Angola | 2005 | Par7 | All medicines | Yes | All | Yes | |
Benin | 2004 | Par7 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Benin | 2007 | Par7 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Benin | 2009 | Par7 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Burkina Faso | 2005 | Par7 | ARVs + | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Burundi | 2005 | Par7 | ARVs + | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Cameroon | 2005 | Art 31 | NVP, 3TC, 3TC/AZT | Yes | HIV/AIDS | No | No response |
Cape Verde | 2004 | Par7 | All medicines | Unknown | All | Yes | |
CAR | 2004 | Par7 | ARVs + | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
CAR | 2005 | Par7 | ARVs + | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Chad | 2005 | Par7 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Chad | 2007 | Par7 | All medicines | Yes | All | Yes | |
Comoros | 2007 | Par7 | ARVs + | Unknown | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Congo | 2007 | Art 31 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Congo | 2014 | Art 31 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Congo | 2005 | Art 31 | ARVs + | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
DRC | 2005 | Par7 | ARVs | No | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Eritrea | 2005 | Par7 | ARVs | No | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Ethiopia | 2004 | Art 31 | ARVs | No | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Gabon | 2005 | Art 31 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Gabon | 2006 | Art 31 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Gabon | 2013 | Art 31 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Gambia | 2004 | Par7 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Gambia | 2007 | Par7 | All medicines | Yes | All | Yes | |
Ghana | 2005 | Art 31 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Guinea | 2004 | Art 31 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Guinea | 2005 | Par7 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Guinea Bissau | 2005 | Par7 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Guinea Equatorial | 2009 | Art 31 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Ivory Coast | 2004 | Art 31 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Ivory Coast | 2007 | Art 31 | 3TC, 3TC/AZT, 3TC/AZT/NVP, 3TC/D4T, 3TC/D4T/NVP, DDI, EFV, IDV | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Ivory Coast | 2007 | Art 31 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Kenya | 2002 | Par5d | Generics | Yes | All | Yes | |
Kenya | 2004 | Art 31 | 3TC | Yes | HIV/AIDS | No | Voluntary licence |
Kenya | 2004 | Art 31 | 3TC/AZT | Yes | HIV/AIDS | No | Voluntary licence |
Kenya | 2004 | Art 31 | AZT | Yes | HIV/AIDS | No | Voluntary licence |
Kenya | 2004 | Art 31 | NVP | Yes | HIV/AIDS | No | Voluntary licence |
Lesotho | 2004 | Par7 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Lesotho | 2006 | Par7 | All medicines | Yes | All | Yes | |
Liberia | 2005 | Art 31 | ARVs | No | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Malawi | 2004 | Par7 | All medicines | Yes | All | Yes | |
Malawi | 2005 | Par7 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Mauritania | 2004 | Par7 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Mozambique | 2004 | Art 31 | 3TC/D4T/NVP | No | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Mozambique | 2005 | Art 31 | EFV | No | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Mozambique | 2005 | Par7 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Niger | 2004 | Par7 | All medicines | Yes | All | Yes | |
Niger | 2008 | Par7 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS + | Yes | |
Rwanda | 2007 | Par7 | 3TC/AZT/NVP | No | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Rwanda | 2007 | Par7 | All medicines | Yes | All | Yes | |
Senegal | 2006 | Par7 | ARVs + | Yes | HIV/AIDS + | Yes | |
Sierra Leone | 2009 | Par7 | IDV, LPV/r, NVP, TDF | No | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Sierra Leone | 2009 | Par7 | DDI, IDV, LPV/r | No | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
South Africa | 2003 | Art 31 | AZT, 3TC, AZT/3TC, NVP | Yes | HIV/AIDS | No | Voluntary licence |
South Sudan | 2007 | Par7 | All medicines | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Eswatini | 2005 | Art 31 | NVP, AZT | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 2006 | Art 31 | ARVs | No | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Tanzania | 2008 | Par7 | All medicines | Yes | All | Yes | |
Togo | 2004 | Par7 | All medicines | Yes | All | Yes | |
Togo | 2008 | Par7 | TDF/3TC | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Togo | 2009 | Par7 | EFV, NVP, 3TC/AZT | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Uganda | 2006 | Par7 | 3TC/D4T/NVP | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Zambia | 2004 | Art 31 | 3TC/D4T/NVP | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Zambia | 2004 | Par7 | ARVs + | Yes | HIV/AIDS + | Yes | |
Zambia | 2006 | Par7 | ARVs + | Yes | HIV/AIDS + | Yes | |
Zimbabwe | 2002 | Art 31 | ARVs + | Yes | HIV/AIDS + | Yes | |
Zimbabwe | 2003 | Art 31 | ARVs + | Yes | HIV/AIDS + | Yes | |
Zimbabwe | 2004 | Art 31 | ARVs | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes | |
Zimbabwe | 2005 | Art 31 | ARVs + | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Yes |