The TRIPS Protocol enables least-developed and developing countries deal with health crisis such as an HIV/AIDS, malaria or influenza epidemic. Such countries are often unable to manufacture the necessary pharmaceuticals and can not afford to purchase them in the normal way.

FilterPure and their partners Global Effect and other NGOs announced today a ground breaking ceremony in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti for a new water filtration factory. The FilterPure factory will employ Haitians to build, manufacture and distribute the FilterPure filters that eliminate 99.9% of antimicrobial contaminants that cause water-borne illnesses and deaths.