Philippe Douste-Blazy

G8 Development Ministers’ Meeting – Chair’s Summary (Rome, 11-12 June 2009)

12 June 2009

Chair’s Summary
G8 Development Ministers and senior officials, including from the EU Presidency and the European Commission, met in Rome on June 11 and 12, 2009, together with representatives from Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa and Egypt, from the Presidency and the Commission [...]

Le Figaro, jeudi 11 juin 2009
Au G8, Douste-Blazy fait la promotion des financements innovants
DEVELOPPEMENT
L’ancien ministre français de la Santé veut élargir le principe de la « taxe Chirac ».
Rome
« EN TROIS ANS, on a pu lever 2,6 milliards de dollars en faveur du secteur de la santé dans les pays en développement », explique Philippe [...]

The New York Times, May 21, 2009, By DOREEN CARVAJAL
PARIS — Former President Bill Clinton, newly appointed as the United Nations special envoy for Haiti, announced Wednesday that he was joining a new international initiative to raise money for Third World medical aid through a unique financing campaign that harnesses the power of unlikely philanthropists: [...]