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Universities Allied for Essential Medicines Corp

Universities Allied for Essential Medicines Corp

Washington, DC
Tax ID01-0833168

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About this organization

Revenue

$170,090

Expenses

$242,688

Website

uaem.org

Mission

UAEMs mission is to promote access to medicines and medical innovations where barriers exist primarily by changing norms and practices around academic patenting and licensing, supported by our own independent research.

About

International Public Health/International Health: Empowerment Initiative. In 2018, UAEM's Annual North American Conference was hosted for the first time in Montreal, Canada from October 19 to 21. More than 100 student leaders from around the world attended the conference. As a continued effort to ensure diversity among our students and speakers and making a concerted effort to build new partnerships with new allied organizations, during this year's conference we were joined by new chapters from Colombia, new students from University of Pittsburgh and new allies such as Arts Corp in conjunction with veteran student leaders from Brazil and Europe and long-term allies in the movement. The conference featured a keynote speech, and panel in the fight for access to medicines in particular among minority groups, and empowering local communities to lead the approach to tackling TB in Northern Canada, which disproportionately affects indigenous communities at a rate 300 times above that of non-indigenous Canadian populations. The conference also highlighted a workshop Can Hip Hop Save Lives? on how art can be integrated into UAEM campaigns and explored creative, collaborative connections around Youth, Equity & Access, which was very welcomed by students, staff and allies. Through this inspiring session, students were able to create songs, raps, memes and creative skits with the purpose of integrating youth culture into their campaigning. Numerous students from across the network also shared their accomplishments from the year and goals for the year ahead. The participants left with a rigorous introduction to health equity and access to medicines as well as view of the global R&D landscape, and skills in leadership, activism and communications. As part of our empowerment initiative, in 2018 a number of UAEM students participated for the first time the United Nations High Level Meetings on Tuberculosis (TB) and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) from September 24-27 in New York. UAEM group advocated at 13 side events, including topics such as the role of universal healthcare in NCD management, outbreak preparedness, and accelerating TB response through technical innovation. Students produced two briefs focusing on TRIPS flexibility and accelerating the development of essential health technologies for TB. The primary purpose of the opportunity was to empower students to better understand how the access to medicines movement linked and connected to the global events and high-level action, with the intention of bringing back this learning to their chapters.UAEM also continued to collaborate with our expanding network in Europe, Brazil, India, and other areas, and continued to provide global health leadership opportunities and experience through campus initiatives and service on UAEMs Coordinating Committee, Board of Directors, Global Governance Council and other positions to ensure global UAEM cooperation, collaboration and representation. As such the first UAEM Global Leadership Annual Meeting (GLAM) was held in Geneva on May 19 and 20, 2018. UAEM representatives from across Europe, North America, India and Brazil attended the meeting. One of the key outcomes from the GLAM include an agreement on making key updates to UAEMs Mission, Vision and Values in line with current global priorities and based on more than 2 years of student-driven discussions across all regions.

Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing

The non-profit's mission, as documented in the filing, is “Universities allied for essential medicines (uaem) is a global student-led non-profit organization with chapters at more than 100 universities worldwide including over 40 in the u.s. uaems mission is to (1) promote access to medicines and medical innovations where barriers exist primarily by changing norms and practices around academic patenting and licensing, supported by our own independent research, (2) ensure that university medical research meets the needs of people worldwide and actively supports the creation of new needs-based approaches to research and development (r&d) and (3) empower students to respond to the biomedical access and innovation crisis by advocating for the most promising global biomedical r&d system that works for all.”.

When explaining its purpose, the activities were described as: “Uaems mission is to promote access to medicines and medical innovations where barriers exist primarily by changing norms and practices around academic patenting and licensing, supported by our own independent research.”.

  • The non-profit is legally allowed to operate in the state of CT, as reported.
  • The filing provides the non-profit's address in 2019 as 641 S Street NW, Washington, DC, 20001.
  • The non-profit has a total of 2 employees, as reported on their form for 2019.
  • Does not operate a hospital.
  • Does not operate a school.
  • Does not collect art.
  • Does not provide credit counseling.
  • Has foreign activities.
  • Is not a donor advised fund.
  • Is not a private foundation.
  • Expenses are between $250,000 and $500,000.
  • Revenue is between $100,000 and $250,000.
  • Revenue less expenses is -$72,598.
  • The CEO compensation strategy within the organization is determined through a review and approval process by a neutral party.
  • The organization elects its board members.
  • The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
  • The organization has 13 independent voting members.
  • The organization was formed in 2002.
  • The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
  • The organization is required to file Schedule B.
  • The organization is required to file Schedule O.
  • The organization pays $153,010 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
  • The organization pays $4,353 in fundraising expenses.
  • The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
  • The organization has minutes of its meetings.
  • The organization has a written whistleblower policy.

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