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.
Category: Latest News
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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.
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Pride, prevalence and pomegranates: Fighting for rights in Georgia!
Six years ago Gocha, now 27, from Tbilisi, Georgia tested positive for HIV. What happened next shows how people living with HIV can make meaningful impact.
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A day in the life of a treatment activist
Make Medicines Affordable’s campaign manager, Sergey Kondratyuk talks about what being a treatment activist means to him.
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In West Africa, People Living With HIV Mobilise to Improve Global Healthcare
What started as a regional project in West Africa is now a model for community-based monitoring anywhere in the world.
