Tag: HIV
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Global Fund Notifies Countries on 2017-2019 Allocations
For the 2017-2019 allocation period, the Global Fund adopted a refined allocation methodology to deliver the aims of its 2017-2022 strategy and to increase the impact of country programs that prevent, treat and care for people affected by HIV, TB and malaria and build resilient and sustainable systems for health. The Global Fund’s 2017-2019 allocation…
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The Global Fund has a new Sustainability, Transition, and Co-financing Policy
Which means that for the next allocation period, the Global Fund will proactively support sustainability and transition planning, especially for upper middle income countries (UMICs) and low middle income countries (LMICs) with low or moderate disease burdens. Download the new policy, and see below the list of UMICs and LMICs where sustainability and transition planning…
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OUR REGION
UNAIDS includes the following countries in its MENA grouping: Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.UNAIDS includes the following countries in its MENA grouping: Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco,…
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Youth Toolkit for the High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS 2016
The youth toolkit for the High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS (HLM) 2016 is developed by the PACT, a global coalition of youth organizations working collaboratively in the HIV response towards ensuring the health, well-being and human rights of all young people. The toolkit provides information about the HLM including what happens before, during and after…
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Middle East and North Africa Position Statement on HIV/AIDS to the High-Level Meeting on AIDS
Middle East and North Africa Position Statement on HIV/AIDS to the UN General Assembly Special Session High-Level Meeting on AIDS 6 – 8 June 2016 We, the undersigned communities of the MENA region; regional an d national networks and civil society organizations and representatives of key populations1, youth organizations, PLHIV organizations and groups convened on…
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Civil Society Calls on WHO to Include Report from UN’s High Level Panel on Medicines on WHO Board Agenda
Dear Director General Dr. Margaret Chan Request to include discussion of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High Level Panel Report on Access to Medicines at the next WHO Board meeting As members of the Make Medicines Affordable campaign, and other Civil Society and Community Based Organizations working on access to medicines in developing countries, we express…
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Morocco: Creation of a collective for t the right to health in the framework of the negotiations of the EU ALECA
At a time when the Kingdom of Morocco and the European Union are preparing to resume negotiations on the “comprehensive and thorough free trade agreement” (FTAA), Moroccan civil society unites to bell Alarm about ALECA’s danger of access to generics in our country. A collective for the preservation of the right to health in Morocco in…
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Launch of the MENA Regional Platform on Global Fund and Civil Society
The Global Fund in the MENA region The Global Fund against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) is the largest financing institution that supports government and civil society in their response to HIV, TB and malaria in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. As of 2015, the GFATM is funding programs in the following…
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African Treatment Advocates Call on ViiV Healthcare to Unlock Access to Dolutegravir for North Africa Now
Harare, December 1st, 2015 Today, at the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), treatment advocates and activists from all over Africa united to urge ViiV Healthcare to allow affordable access to an essential drug in four North African countries. A voluntary license from Viiv Healthcare will enable all other countries in Africa…
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Building Capacity on Intellectual Property, Free Trade Agreement and Access to Medicines Workshop
ATL MST – ITPC MENA WORKSHOP TUNISIA 16, 17 & 18 NOVEMBER 2015 One of the most pressing issues in the 21st century is the lack of availability of essential medicines to poor patients in underdeveloped and developing countries. The problem is attributed to the existing Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regimes, which were not aligned…