Tag: Tunisia
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Call for Talents: Transform the Fight against HIV with ADP-MENA (Activists Development Program in MENA Region)
Context: The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region continues to face major public health challenges related to HIV/AIDS. Key populations, including young people, men who have sex with men, sex workers, and injecting drug users, face significant barriers to accessing prevention and treatment services. These obstacles are exacerbated by stigma, discrimination, and a lack…
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New Study: The Impact of the COVID-19 Health Crisis on Access to HIV Services in Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania, and Tunisia.
A study was carried out by the FORSS consortium which includes (ITPC-MENA, Solidarité SIDA, AGD, ATP+, Al Shehab RdR Maroc, and M-Coalition). This recently developed report analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV-related health services in the MENA region, specifically in four countries in the region, namely (Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia). ).…
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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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policy brief: EU-Tunisia Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA)
Publish by : Forum Tunisien pour les droits économiques et sociaux (FTDES) – CNCD-11.11.11 – International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) MENA – Euromedrights – Transnational Institute (TNI) A deep and comprehensive free trade agreement (DCFTA) is currently being negotiated between Tunisia and the European Union (EU). It aims to increase trade between Tunisia and the…
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New Study : Assessment of national intellectual property landscapes and their impact on access to medicines (Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia)
Title: A tool to assess how friendly to access-to-medicines your law is Background Provisions of intellectual property (IP) may have an important impact on access to medicines. For instance, the monopoly granted by the patent prevents competition with generics on the market and is often responsible for high prices. Along the years, IP provisions grow…
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A new victory for ITPC-MENA : Bristol-Myers Squibb extends its voluntary license on Atazanavir to Egypt
The 9th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV / AIDS 2017 : Bristol-Myers Squibb extends its voluntary license on Atazanavir to Egypt, a victory for ITPC-MENA Today, at the World Conference on AIDS, which is currently taking place in Paris from the 23rd to 26th July 2017, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and the Medicines Patent Pool…
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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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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,…