• Activists at AIDS2024 called on ViiV Healthcare to drop their case in Colombia against CompulsoryLicense on Dolutegravir

    Activists at AIDS2024 called on ViiV Healthcare to drop their case in Colombia against CompulsoryLicense on Dolutegravir

    Today (24/7), hundreds of treatment advocates attending AIDS2024 in Munich protested against the companies with “Drop The Case Slogans” to denounce GSK and ViiV’s decision to challenge the compulsory license issued by Colombia. This dangerous move prevents thousands of people living with HIV from accessing optimal treatment. Munich, Germany, 24 July 2024: In a groundbreaking […]

  • Ending the Epidemic Could Cost Under $40 (per person, per year) – treatment activists say at AIDS2024

    Ending the Epidemic Could Cost Under $40 (per person, per year) – treatment activists say at AIDS2024

    Munich, 23 July 2024 – Despite global efforts to end HIV and AIDS, the epidemic has been persistent. In 2022, 1.3 million people were newly infected with a new HIV infection every 24 seconds. New infections continue to rise among key populations, and in some middle-income countries (MICs).  Unfortunately, MICs – particularly the upper middle-income […]

  • Beyond Academia: How Community-Led Science Can Deliver at Scale

    Beyond Academia: How Community-Led Science Can Deliver at Scale

    Science, in its ideal form, is owned by no one and belongs to everyone. It is a collective endeavour driven by curiosity, inquiry, and the pursuit of knowledge for the benefit of all humanity. However, several groups dominate the practice and dissemination of science: Academic Institutions, Government Agencies, the Private Sector often leaving the Public […]

  • What you need to know to advocate for the Advanced HIV disease (AHD) management

    What you need to know to advocate for the Advanced HIV disease (AHD) management

    The leading cause of death for people living with HIV is inaccessible diagnostics Loon Gangte reminds us that advanced HIV disease (AHD) is real and people dying from it have been failed by governments, donors, pharma and the HIV movement. There is some good news – since antiretroviral therapy has scaled up and many of us have […]

  • ITPC Annual Review 2023 – Executive Director’s Letter

    ITPC Annual Review 2023 – Executive Director’s Letter

    The world has lost trust in “experts.” This applies whether it’s in Kenya, Nigeria or South Africa; Mexico, Colombia, Brazil or Argentina; India or China. The message from citizens anywhere to their governments, policymakers, and media organizations is the same: we don’t feel we can trust you to genuinely work in our best interests and […]

  • Life Maps Virtual Exhibition

    Life Maps Virtual Exhibition

    Photos and narratives from 38 participants in Malawi and South Africa from the 3-year-long Life Maps journey that detailed the impact of COVID-19 on mental health, water and sanitation, treatment access and more. View the exhibition here The exhibition was launched via webinar on the 27th of June where ITPC explained the programme and participants […]

  • ITPC & The Global Fund: Community Engagement & CLM inception meeting

    ITPC & The Global Fund: Community Engagement & CLM inception meeting

    A successful week of collaboration and vision in Johannesburg (14-17 May 2024)! ITPC and The Global Fund brought together over 60 partners from 20 countries for the COPPER CE & CLM inception meeting. Together, we’re advancing from Mitigation to Preparedness, empowering communities in Pandemic Preparedness and Response through Community Engagement and Community-led Monitoring. CLM and CE Implementers […]

  • Make Medicines Affordable launches podcast to explore ways to end unfair pharma monopolies

    Make Medicines Affordable launches podcast to explore ways to end unfair pharma monopolies

    The Make Medicines Affordable (MMA) podcast delves into medicine equity. Through expert insights, analysis, and firsthand accounts from around the world, exploring ways to end unfair pharmaceutical monopolies on life-saving health products. In the first episode, MMA explore the pressing need for enhanced HIV prevention options worldwide, discussing the potential of cabotegravir, a long-acting, injectable […]

  • International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA18)

    International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA18)

    The 18th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to climate change (CBA18) took place from 6-9 May 2024 in Arusha, Tanzania, gathering over 300 practitioners, grassroots representatives, local and national policymakers, and donors from 50+ countries. Together, they explored how community-based and locally led adaptation can shape a climate-resilient future.  Solange Baptiste Simon, Executive Director, ITPC Global, attended her first […]

  • No Health = No Future #CommitToHealth

    No Health = No Future #CommitToHealth

    There was a significant health gap in the 2024 UN Civil Society Conference: Shaping a Future of Global and Sustainable Progress which took place in Nairobi, Kenya from 9-10 May. This was significant because the conference offered civil society organisations an opportunity to put a global perspective on specific issues which will provide preliminary discussions […]

  • From the Ground Up: How Community Action Redefines Global Crisis Management

    From the Ground Up: How Community Action Redefines Global Crisis Management

    Transformational change can only happen effectively, efficiently and sustainably, when it occurs from the ground up.

  • Breaking down patent barriers: the Solidarity Project’s kickoff meeting in Bangkok

    Breaking down patent barriers: the Solidarity Project’s kickoff meeting in Bangkok

    Since its inception in 2014 across four countries, the Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines project, Make Medicines Affordable, by ITPC aims to dismantle patent barriers to treatment, has now expanded its reach to 24 countries across Africa, Central and South America, Eastern Europe, Eurasia, and Asia. The end of April 2024 marked a significant […]