Tag: TB
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MENA Grants Update
This section will provide an update on where grants are at in all MENA countries. Most have recently been approved or should be approved soon. This is a particularly relevant time to provide an update like this. Afghanistan Disease Grants Status HIV/AIDS AFG-H-UNDP (PR: UNDP) Approved December 2017 TB AFG-T-MOPH (PR: Ministry of Public…
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Global Fund MENA Regional Platform is relaunched
ITPC-MENA continues as the host for the Middle East and North Africa region As a key component of the Global Fund’s Community, Rights and Gender Strategic Initiative, the Regional Platform for Communication and Coordination will continue to support and facilitate civil society dialogue and engagement with Global Fund grants and processes. ITPC-MENA, which hosted the…
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ITPC-MENA organize its Middle East and North Africa Community Advisory board (MENACAB)
The International Treatment Preparedness Coalition in Middle East and North Africa (ITPC-MENA) is organizing its Middle East and North Africa Community Advisory board (MENACAB), in late November in Marrakech.The MENACAB is a treatment advocate network which main aim is to improve access to strategic information for people living with HIV, Hepatitis B, hepatitis C and tuberculosis…
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ITPC-MENA at the Mediterranean Symposium on HIV and Hepatitis (AFRAMED 2017)
ITPC-MENA at 2nd Mediterranean Symposium on HIV and Hepatitis (AFRAMED 2017) Join ITPC-MENA at AFRAMED 2017 – Hammamet Join ITPC_MENA at 2nd Mediterranean Symposium on HIV and Hepatitis (AFRAMED 2017) in Tunis and Hammamet from 27 – 30 September 2017. We are co-hosting and participating in many sessions. Check out our flyer below for our full…
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2nd Francophone Symposium AFRAMED on HIV and Hepatitis
2nd Francophone Symposium AFRAMED on HIV and Hepatitis September 28 to 30, Hammamet, Tunisie Following the success of the first experience in Algeria, the second edition of AFRAMED symposium will be hosted by Tunisia. This AFRAMED edition is in line with mobilizations for the success of 90-90-90 goals to put an end at the VIH…
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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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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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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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Amendment of the TRIPS Agreement
WTO members on 6 December 2005 approved changes to the WTO’s intellectual property (TRIPS) agreement in order to make permanent a decision on patents and public health originally adopted in 2003. This was formally built into the TRIPS Agreement after acceptance of the Protocol amending the TRIPS Agreement by two thirds of the WTO’s members.…
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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…