Tag: Tunisia
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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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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…
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The first Middle East and North Africa Community Advisory Board (MENA-CAB)
Casablanca, Morocco, 28 June-01 July 2014 Despite the fact that HIV prevalence in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa is believed to be low at least among the General Population, the rate of increase of new cases since 2001 makes this region home to one of the most fastest-growing epidemic in the…
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GENERATION OF CHANGE: Portraits of HIV & AIDS Activists from MENA
The Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region is in turmoil. The trajectory and consequences of the current political, social and economic transformations rippling across the region will become clear in the years ahead. Meanwhile, the region is also experiencing one of the fastest-growing HIV epidemics in the world. In this context of change, a new generation…