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Access to medicines and treatment
Pool Welcomes Anna Zakowicz As Newest Governance Board Member

The Medicines Patent Pool is pleased to welcome Anna Zakowicz as its newest Governance Board member. Ms Zakowicz is the co-chair of the Board of Directors at the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+), a member of the Board of Directors of European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG) and the co-chair of the Civil Society Forum on HIV/AIDS at the European Commission.

Published
19 October 2012
From
Medicines Patent Pool
HIV prevention policy
SOUTH AFRICA: Straight talk with Fareed Abdullah, head of the South African AIDS council

Tasked with leading the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) through its most ambitious and far-reaching reform yet, Fareed Abdullah has his work cut out for him.

Published
12 October 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
Access to medicines and treatment
Zimbabwe: People Living With HIV Storm NAC Offices

HUNDREDS of people living with HIV from Harare Province yesterday stormed National Aids Council offices protesting against Aids Levy expenditure and drug shortages.

Published
12 October 2012
From
AllAfrica
Activism
An exciting new chapter - POZ editor's farewell blog

POZ magazine editor-in-chief Regan Hoffman reflects on seven years in the job as she leaves to become a global HIV consultant.

Published
11 October 2012
From
POZ
Policy
25 years of NAT (National AIDS Trust)

To mark NAT's 25th birthday year, this short film looks at how the HIV epidemic has evolved over the last quarter of a century and the part NAT has played in improving the lives of people living with HIV and educating the public.

Published
09 October 2012
From
You Tube
Activism
TAG at 20 - On a Darkling Plain —The Years of Despair

This is the second in a series looking back at the first two decades of TAG’s work to speed up AIDS research. Here we look at the clinical science of AIDS before the discovery of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in 1995–96, and how TAG responded to the needs of people with AIDS.

Published
08 October 2012
From
TAG
Access to medicines and treatment
MSF launches online resource for challenging unwarranted drug patents

Drug companies routinely apply for patents or are granted monopolies on medicines even when these aren’t actually deserved. The idea behind this database is to help civil society and patient groups stop unwarranted patents from blocking people’s access to more affordable medicines.

Published
03 October 2012
From
Médecins Sans Frontières press release
Activism
Movie review: They Wouldn’t Take No for an Answer in the Battle Against AIDS

The currents of rage, fear, fiery determination and finally triumph that crackle through David France’s inspiring documentary, “How to Survive a Plague,” lend this history of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power a scorching electrical charge.

Published
24 September 2012
From
New York Times
Finance and funding
With Aid Cutoff, Kremlin Recalibrates

The decision by the Kremlin this month to terminate all of USAID’s programs here, amid a swirl of ominous accusations of meddling in Russia’s internal affairs, has stunned aid workers, infuriated American diplomats and left many nonprofit groups on the brink of collapse.

Published
24 September 2012
From
New York Times
Confidentiality, consent and medical ethics
Option B+ and treatments for pregnant women living with HIV in Africa

UNICEF are promoting an approach to reduce vertical transmission in resource poor settings known as Option B+. Whilst a programme that reduces risk of transmission of HIV to unborn children, transmission to HIV negative partners and increases mothers’ life expectancy should be highly commended, there are issues that Option B+ fails to address.

Published
20 September 2012
From
Positively UK
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