Regional Director of ITPC-WA Sylvere Bukiki spoke to journalists from 12 newspapers, radio and TV Africa this morning about the Global Plan towards the Elimination of New HIV Infections among Children by 2015 and Keeping Their Mothers Alive
Greetings from Panama City community treatment access advocacy project
http://www.itpcglobal.org/resource?id=72c4a907-dc66-4be9-80a9-bb297a29148c
Moscow 28, a protest action took place opposite to the office of Abbott in Moscow., with 25 activists of Patients in Control initiative and other organizations demanding a two-fold reduction of the price for the life-saving drug “Kaletra”. The event was organized as a “Cabbage Festival” (the expression “to chop cabbage” in Russian is an idiom meaning “to make a lot of money”).
Based on the results of the procurement monitoring report conducted by ITPCru, the price of Abbott’s drug per patient per year in Russia is almost 3 000 USD (81 thousand rubles). Every third patient with HIV in Russia takes Kaletra; the sales volume of Kaletra in Russia totals almost USD100 million (approximately 2.9 billion rubles in 2012).
In 2012, Abbott reduced the price for Kaletra in several countries from USD1000 to USD740; Russia, obviously, was not among those countries.
At the same time, the upcoming decentralization of ARVT procurement in Russia, the aggravating epidemic with the number of new infections increasing, and the reduced federal budget for healthcare indicate a dire need for lowering drug prices.
Posters: "Abbott - kings of the cabbage, Abbott's greed blinds, Don't let Abbott into the farm, Abbott is no good for guarding cabbage" (all based on Russian rhymes and proverbs)
Demonstration against Roshe prise policy for HCV treatment. Moscow. 31/10/12
Protests against high drup pricing by Gilead are taking place at United States Conference on AIDS
ITPC advocates for the adoption of option B+ and efforts to put women on a life-long HIV treatment. Have you checked out our poster (2010 WHO 'PMTCT Guidelines: ARVs for Treating Pregnant Women and Preventing HIV-infection in infants) yet?
What do activists, women living with HIV and others in civil society think about The Global Plan towards the Elimination of New HIV Infections among Children by 2015 and Keeping their Mothers Alive? See the results and recommendations from three civil society consultations. Read the report at www.four4women.org
We are very proud of DNP+ and congratulate Loon, Vikas and others at DNP+ for their hard work and dedication to ensure people who need HIV/HEP C treatment can get it, for standing up against harmful EU trade policy. They deserve this international recognition!!
Support activists from Patient in control, Russia to oppose ViiV Healthcare HIV drug price policy [banner: Combivir sold by ViiV in Russia:1,356 USD and combivir sold elsewhere:232 USD]
Stop D4T campaign led by our colleagues DNP+!
Live from Bangkok: Loon Gangte (left) ,the President of Delhi Network of People living with HIV, speaking about the importance of transparency in FTA-related negotiations and successful examples of community mobilization efforts
[In the picture: Dr. Sarah Zaidi, the Executive Director of ITPC chairing the session on 'Trade Rules and Access to Medicines']
A campaign is now being led by our friends at Delhi Network of Positive People STOP PRESCRIBING US STAVUDINE
The Global Week of Action on the EU-India FTA ( 6- 10 February 2012) is off to a great start - first the Nepal groups protested on Friday (3rd Feb) in Kathmandu. Today groups in the UK are now demonstrating in front of the European Commission offices in London. Follow them on Twitter! https://twitter.com/#!/StudentStopAIDS
Activists' statement to world leaders at the UN.
'Integrating AIDS service within the mainstream healthcare settings sometimes would further undermine fundamental rights to health for key populations who are often marginalised and stigmatized in the society. World Leaders and national governments MUST go beyond naming these groups in the declaration and DO anything possible to get services to them and uphold their rights. - Aditi Sharma (far right) of ITPC addressing issue of intergrated HIV services on the Panel 5: Integrating the HIV/AIDS response with broader health and development agendas, High-Level Meeting in NYC
June 8th was the first day of the High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS at the United Nations where world leaders started gathering to set the course for the fight against global AIDS for the coming years. Their past promises to achieve universal access to HIV treatment have been broken, but it is now clearer than ever that providing AIDS meds for all can turn the tide of the pandemic forever. ITPC joined other activist groups in the march yesterday in NYC.
June 8th was the first day of the High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS at the United Nations where world leaders will gather to set the course for the fight against global AIDS for the coming years. Their past promises to achieve universal access to HIV treatment have been broken, but it is now clearer than ever that providing AIDS meds for all can turn the tide of the pandemic forever. ITPC joined other activist groups in the march yesterday in NYC.
ITPC board member Lucy Chesire at a TB/HIV event ahead of the UN HLM on HIV: "We have to fight to save 1 millions lives from TB. If we don't history will judge us."
AIDS campaigners in bikinis and board shorts accuse Johnson & Johnson of turning their backs on life-saving HIV initiative
Go to: http://stopaidscampaign.org/poolparty/
Statement of concern to ongoing EU-India FTA Agreement released by Pinoy Plus, a positive network in the Philippines
Sylvere Bukiki, our Regional Coordinator for West Africa is coordinating sign-on for the statement in relation to the embargo imposed by the UE on drug supply in Côte d’Ivoire. The statement has recently been published in a local newspaper and endorsed by as many as 181 organizations worldwide. Please contact Sylvere (biziyaremyes@yahoo.fr) for more details.
