Items tagged with Access
Students to universities: “We have a drug problem” (post)
BASEL — Students from around the world are gathering momentum to challenge their universities’ licensing policies and research and development systems. That was one of the messages emerging from the annual meeting of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) Europe.
In Pictures: Myanmar patients in India (post)
A doddering healthcare system pushes many from Myanmar to cross the Indian border into the town Moreh in the northeastern state of Manipur, to seek testing and treatment. Most patients suffer from drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and are HIV positive.
Civil society to the Global Fund: Abandon the tiered-pricing initiative (post)
Below is a communication sent by Civil Society Organizations to Mark Dybul and others calling for the abandonment of the Global Fund’s misguided tiered-pricing initiative. The CS letter is attached.
Released text of GF equitable access initiative still problemmatic (post)
Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the Global Fund has written an email responding to a letter from 220 civil society organizations demanding that the Global Fund abandon its “tiered-pricing” proposal.
WHA: Experts discuss methods for innovation, access for MICs (post)
Country officials, academics and leading global health advocates this week raised one of the key concerns of this year’s World Health Assembly: innovation and access to medicines in middle-income countries. Government procurement strategies, voluntary and compulsory licensing, de-linkage models and UNITAID mechanisms were among some of the solutions put forward.
World Health Assembly approves plan to strengthen access to essential medicines (post)
World Health Organization members tonight approved a resolution aimed at improving access to essential medicines. Agreement came after a compromise on a proposed provision referencing other medicines that are not qualified as essential medicines.
WHO agrees plan for sustainable R&D for developing countries; TDR may host pooled fund (post)
World Health Organization members in committee today agreed on a plan taking forward efforts to find alternative financing for diseases predominantly afflicting poor populations. The draft decision was modified overnight to address concerns that the agreed path assess projects on their success in finding alternatives, allow coverage of all types of disease, and not exclude other possibilities in the future.
UNITAID's 2013 annual report: "Transforming markets, saving lives" (post)
Report shows UNITAID’s approach vital to remove market barriers so millions can have equitable access to new treatments for infectious diseases
Armenia: Tackling drug-resistant TB (post)
"I thought I would definitely die, I lost all hope", says Arman, a thirtyfive year-old ex-soldier from Armenia.
South African Trade Minister Davies: Election result may mean fast action on IP policy (post)
Intellectual property pundits have welcomed South African President Jacob Zuma’s decision to retain Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies in the position following South Africa’s May general elections. And Davies this week signalled that completing the national intellectual property policy may be a top priority.
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