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Drug-resistant TB
India must address worrying stock out of tuberculosis drugs

Indian government drug tender process leads to deadly delay in drug supply.

Published
17 June 2013
From
MSF
PrEP
HIV drug discovery puts licensing pressure on govt

A breakthrough joint medical study on an anti-Aids drug by the US and Bangkok City Hall has highlighted the need to address again the problem with health costs and, more importantly, the politically toxic issue of compulsory licensing.

Published
17 June 2013
From
Bangkok Post
New and experimental HIV treatments
Tenofovir Alafenamide Fumarate (TAF) Sign-On Letter to Gilead

With a phase II clinical trial of tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (TAF) yielding encouraging preliminary results and regulatory planning for TAF-inclusive fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) under way, we are compelled to reach out to you regarding the need for a stand-alone formulation of the drug.

Published
17 June 2013
From
Treatment Action Group
Health services and systems
Mozambicans feel pain as medical strike grinds on

A Mozambique medical strike now in its third week has paralysed all but essential services at some of the country's busiest hospitals, which are being forced to turn away desperate patients.

Published
17 June 2013
From
Times Live
Access to medicines and treatment
Uganda running out of ARVs, HIV test kits

Uganda has run out of most antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), HIV testing kits, drugs to treat opportunistic infections and several crucial diagnostic tools for HIV care, according to a recent Ministry of Health stock status report.

Published
13 June 2013
From
IRIN Plus News
Access to medicines and treatment
UNITAID to Provide USD 77 million For Better HIV Medicines

UNITAID has committed funds of up to USD 77 million to provide a newer antiretroviral regimen for hundreds of thousands of people in developing countries living with HIV. This will replace an older treatment which has life-threatening and disfiguring side effects.

Published
12 June 2013
From
UNITAID
Health services and systems
Thousands still missing HIV treatment following Central African Republic coup

More than 15,000 people living with HIV in the Central African Republic (CAR) had their life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) treatment interrupted as a result of the instability before, during and after the 24 March coup by the Séléka rebel group. NGOs are now struggling to ensure these people resume their regimens to reduce the risk of illness, drug resistance and death.

Published
12 June 2013
From
IRIN
TB treatment
Shortages of Drugs Threaten TB Fight

The U.S., India and other nations are facing shortages of tuberculosis drugs—threatening to reverse decades of progress against a deadly disease that is becoming increasingly untreatable.

Published
06 June 2013
From
Wall Street Journal
Global health initiatives
PEPFAR treatment lifeline threatened by weaknesses at receiving end, GAO report says

A third in a series of reports examining components of treatment provided through the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief  details how the the program has strengthened and streamlined antiretroviral drug supply planning, procuring and tracking, but also reveals a wide range of weaknesses hindering partner country management of the lifesaving medicines.

Published
30 May 2013
From
Science Speaks
Injecting drug users
'War on drugs' fuelling the hepatitis C epidemic among people who inject drugs

The global war on drugs has had a disastrous impact on the hepatitis C epidemic, a new report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy shows. The Negative

Published
29 May 2013
By
Michael Carter
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