You know what’s a hard word to type? “Declaration.” Doesn’t look that tricky, but every time I type it I fumble for a second. And since the Doha declaration on the TRIPS agreement and public health is a major part of my paper I’ve been typing it every few minutes.

Speaking of the topic, it’s ironic that I’ve been far too busy the past few days to catch up on the news of what’s happening at the AIDS conference here in Toronto, where these issues have been front and centre. A few blocks away, what I’m writing about is being discussed by some of the most knowledgeable people in the world…yet here I sit, too busy with academia to notice.

[tags]doha declaration, TRIPS, Toronto AIDS conference[/tags]