Category: News
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HIV Community-Based Organizations are Fighting Patent Monopolies on Lenacapavir
Source : ITPC Global Despite the world’s efforts, there have been over a million new cases of HIV each year. Lenacapavir (LEN), a long-acting antiretroviral, could change the trajectory of the global HIV epidemic, but Gilead’s patent monopoly will keep LEN unaffordable in many countries with urgent need for it. The PURPOSE-1 HIV prevention trial…
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MENACAB 2021 – 2022 REPORT : TREATMENT ACCESS IN TIME OF PANDEMICS
Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, Community Advisory Boards (CABs) constituted an effective tool to link communities as real partners with researchers and drug manufacturers; educate people living with HIV and their advocates, disseminate information about research and drug development, and to discuss access strategies. The first meeting of MENACAB took place in 2014.…
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Othmane MARRAKCHI: ITPC-MENA’s new Advocacy Officer.
ITPC-MENA is pleased to inform you that Mr. Othmane MARRAKCHI has recently joined ITPC-MENA as Advocacy Officer for Access to Medicines. In this position, Mr. Othmane MARRAKCHI will manage the development and implementation of the ITPC-MENA project on the use of TRIPS1 flexibilities to enable access to HIV, HCV, and tuberculosis treatments in developing countries.…
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Report: IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES FOR GLOBAL FUND STRATEGY 2023-2028 IN THE MENA REGION
The report on the “IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES FOR GLOBAL FUND STRATEGY 2023-2028 IN THE MENA REGION” was prepared upon the development of the new strategy of the GF for 2023-2028. Accordingly, the Global Fund was collaborating with different relevant partners in the MENA region to develop the next Global Fund strategy 2023-2028. A consultation has been…
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REPORT: IMPROVING WOMEN’S MEANINGFUL INVOLVEMENT IN CCMS IN THE MENA REGION
The report “IMPROVING WOMEN’S MEANINGFUL INVOLVEMENT IN CCMS IN THE MENA REGION” was developed by Nawara Women’s Network for the Middle East and North Africa with the support of the MENA Regional platform for the Global Fund hosted by ITPC-MENA. This report aims to learn from the experience of the CCM members to better understand women’s participation in Global…
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NADIA BADRAN, THE PHOENICIAN ICON
Nadia Badrane, Director of Lebanon’s Nursing and Community Development Association By Asmaa Chaidi,October 10, 2020 NOTHING PREDESTINED NADIA BADRAN TO BECOME A REFERENCE IN THE DEFENSE OF THE RIGHTS OF HIV- POSITIVE PEOPLE IN THE LAND OF THE CEDAR AND BEYOND, EXCEPT HER UNFAILING ALTRUISM AND HER FAITH IN A BETTER LEBANON, IN A MORE…
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Supporting Key Populations in the MENA Region During the Crisis: A Time for Action and Reflection
On 30 April 2020, a webinar was convened by the Global Fund & Civil Society Platform to discuss the situation of key populations in light of COVID-19.Ellie Ballan, Director of M-Coalition (Lebanon), Nadia Badran, Executive Director of SIDC (Soins Infirmiers et Développement Communautaire, Lebanon), Evet Adel, HIV Programmes Manager, Caritas (Egypt), GhizlaneMghaimimi, Project Director at…
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Personal and Community Guidance – Coronavirus Disease (COVID 19)
The purpose of this document is to provide clear and easily understandable guidance for how everyone—especially communities of people living with HIV—can help prevent and control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Among the questions addressed are: What is the coronavirus and what is COVID-19? Who is at risk for COVID-19? How do you get…
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WHAT IS MISSING FROM THE UNITED NATIONS POLITICAL DECLARATION ON TUBERCULOSIS?
Source : ITPC GLOBAL (New York) — Today, UN Member States will come together at the UN Headquarters in New York City for the first “High Level Meeting” on TB, where countries will ratify a political declaration on tuberculosis (TB). Despite pressure, and securing several concrete pledges on expanding service delivery, the declaration falls short…
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Regional ‘Platforms’ proving vital to Global Fund’s community, rights and gender strategic initiative
Source: Aidspan.org Author: Charlie Baran Ten months after their re-launch, Platforms are communicating with thousands online and connecting CSOs to much-needed technical assistance The Global Fund’s Regional Platforms for Communication and Coordination have been humming along this year, achieving results through an impressive amount of work in the service of strengthening community engagement in Global Fund…