Author: zakaria
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HIV Activists Denounce ViiV for Denying 3.5 million People Access to Optimal Treatment
Source : ITPC GLOBAL Today, Monday, 24 July 2017, during the 9th International AIDS Conference on HIV Science in Paris (IAS 2017), HIV treatment activists from around the world collectively blocked access to ViiV Healthcare’s promotional booth and stormed its presentation to physicians. The action, which included taping off ViiV’s booth, to deny access to…
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ITPC MENA IN THE REGIONAL CONSULTATION ON ACCELERATING ACCESS TO THE CONTIUUM OF HIV CARE: FOCUS ON HIV TESTING
Beirut, Lebanon, 12–14 July 2017 By the end of 2015, the estimated number of people living with HIV in the Region had reached 330 000. With a continuously growing epidemic coupled with low coverage of ART, standing at 14% of people living with HIV, the number of deaths among people living with HIV was 15…
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New WHO Guidance Report- Treatment Failure and Drug Resistance
WHO urges action against HIV drug resistance threat 20 JULY 2017 | GENEVA – WHO alerts countries to the increasing trend of resistance to HIV drugs detailed in a report based on national surveys conducted in several countries. The Organization warns that this growing threat could undermine global progress in treating and preventing HIV infection if…
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US Supreme Court Adopts International Exhaustion For Patents: Paving the way for parallel imports to exert downward pressure on domestic pharmaceutical (and other) prices
Source : By Frederick M The Supreme Court of the United States on May 30, 2017 adopted a rule of international exhaustion of patent rights for the United States in Impression Products v. Lexmark International, No. 15-1189. The near-unanimous decision authored by Chief Justice Roberts is unambiguous and unequivocal.[1] The Court paid short shrift to…
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CRG Initiative and GFTAM Regioanl Platform: MENA Regional Civil Society Capacity Building and Dialogue Meeting
MENA Regional Civil Society Capacity Building and Dialogue Meeting CRG Strategic Initiative; MENA Regional Coordination and Communication Platform ITPC-MENA In line with the Global Fund 2017-2022 Strategy approved by the Global Fund Board in April 2016, the Global Fund has made changes to its application processes and policies. As such, strong community engagement in Global…
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Access to medicines amendment of the WTO TRIPS Agreement– hype or hope?
By: Ellen ‘t Hoen, Global Health Unit Department of Health Sciences, UMCG Groningen, e.f.m.t.hoen@umcg.nl On 30 January the World Trade Organization (WTO) announced the first ever amendment to the TRIPS Agreement under the headline WTO members welcome entry into force of amendment to ease access to medicines. WTO members were celebrating and some media reported the…
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The HepC Pill Bill
Source : hepCoalition The HepC Pill Bill-An insight into the availability, pricing and accessibility of HCV treatment Introduction to Direct Acting Antivirals Hepatitis C treatment has remarkably evolved over the years. The previously known standard HCV regimen consisted of a course of pegylated interferon injections and ribavirin tablets, which all in all were expensive, toxic,…
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M-Coalition launch a new guide: Key Population Engagement in Global Fund Country Dialogue CCMs and the 2017-‐2019 funding cycle
Source : M-Colaition This resource guide is designed to assist civil society organizations in understanding how to access funding from the Global Fund (GF) and effectively engage in country dialogue through all the key stages. In 2014, the Global Fund’s New Funding Model (NFM) was launched. Inclusion of civil society and key affected populations (KAP)…
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Time is Ticking! Submission Dates for Global Fund Funding Requests
Know your timeline! Submission dates for MENA Global Fund Funding Requests : Greetings from the Regional Communication and Coordination Platform for Middle East & North Africa, hosted by ITPC-MENA. We are preparing a newsletter and series of briefs for you in the coming months, but wanted to make sure you had the following information right…
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UN High-Level Panel On Access To Medicines Takes Next Step At Human Rights Council
by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch: The United Nations Human Rights Council held a panel discussion yesterday to exchange views on good practices and key challenges relevant to access to medicines. The panel gave a large part of the discussion to the recent report of the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Access to…