Patricia Asero Ochieng: ARV shortage in Kenya
Kenya is experiencing an acute shortage of antiretroviral drugs, or ARVs. USAID, which exports the ARVs, halted supply through the...
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COVID-19 timeline: free, fact-checking & research tool for journalists, academics, treatment activists & others
Make Medicines Affordable launched the COVID-19 timeline as a free, fact-checking and research tool for journalists, academics, treatment activists and others.
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Monopolies causing “artificial rationing” in COVID-19 crisis as 3 biggest global vaccine giants sit on sidelines
The supply of safe and effective vaccines for all is being artificially rationed because of the protection of exclusive rights and monopolies of pharmaceutical corporations.
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World AIDS Day 2020
This World AIDS Day, activists are warning that we are losing ground on HIV as resources are being diverted to the global COVID-19 response. How much we lose is up to us.
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HIV activists are essential to the COVID-19 response
Groundbreaking research has saved millions of lives, but the decisions taken by executives have ended millions of others. Countries should act now, and not to rely on the actions of pharma.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Announcements: Our View
Following on from the BioNTech and Pfizer vaccine announcement earlier this month, where we expressed cautious optimism, but also the need...
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Who will get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine?
A vaccine must reach the most vulnerable in each and every country and around the same time. Who gets the vaccine first must be based on need – not purchasing power. We demand affordable prices and fair allocation.
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Ukraine’s reformed patent law comes into effect due to advocacy work
Dolutegravir (DTG) is widely available in Ukraine due to advocacy work. It provides a framework to prevent unlawful patents and monopolies on essential drugs, which have restricted access to life-saving treatment in the country.
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The Path to Real Change
“We are losing ground against HIV, TB and viral Hepatitis, because resources are being diverted to the global COVID-19 response…Without...
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NEW DATA: Treat 95% of people living with HIV for just FOUR WEEKS of global HIV drug sales.
The Make Medicines Affordable campaign is calling for a widespread switch from patented to generic HIV drugs so that at...
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Frontline activism for health and human rights among women living with HIV and using drugs in the era of COVID-19 in Nepal
In 2006, Parina Subba founded an organisation named Dristi (meaning ‘vision’ in Nepali). Dristi’s motto is, simply: ‘Rights to existence’....
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ITPC backs fight against replacement of HIV drug Dolutegravir in El Salvador
In El Salvador, people living with HIV are standing up against an unwanted change in the antiretroviral medication regimen.
