[Pharm-policy] Re:[Ip-health] Improving Access to HIV/AIDS Drugs in Develop

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I will be attending the meeting



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Dr=2E Olive Shisana

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Subject=3A    [Ip-health=5D Improving Access to HIV=2FAIDS Drugs in Dev=
eloping
Author=3A Toby Kasper <tobyk=40mweb=2Eco=2Eza=3E
Date=3A       28-Jun-2000 09=3A18





IMPROVING ACCESS TO HIV=2FAIDS DRUGS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES


Invitation to a Satellite Meeting to the XIII International Conference =
in
Durban
Co-sponsored by M=E9decins Sans Fronti=E8res (MSF=29 & Treatment Action=
 Campaign
=28TAC=29
9 July 2000=2C 9=2E30am-1=2E30pm=2C Durban City Hall



For the first time=2C the International AIDS Conference will be held on=
 the
African continent and in a country where a significant proportion of th=
e
population has HIV=2FAIDS=2E People with HIV=2FAIDS in South Africa - a=
nd in all
developing countries - are facing a severe crisis of access to the
life-saving medications=2E The antiretroviral drugs that have transform=
ed
HIV=2FAIDS from a death sentence to a chronic disease in developed coun=
tries
are largely unavailable in developing countries=2C priced beyond the me=
ans of
most people=2E

UNAIDS=2C WHO=2C and a group of pharmaceutical companies recently annou=
nced that
they are discussing price reductions for HIV=2FAIDS drugs=2E While this=
 is a
positive development=2C few details or commitments have been communicat=
ed=2C and
many questions remain=2E

M=E9decins Sans Fronti=E8res (MSF=29 and the Treatment Action Campaign =
=28TAC=29 will
host a joint satellite conference at the Durban 2000 International AIDS=

Conference entitled "Improving Access to HIV=2FAIDS Drugs in Developing=

Countries=2C=22 at which speakers from Africa=2C Asia=2C Europe=2C USA =
and elsewhere
will examine the next steps in the fight for access to care for people =
with
HIV=2FAIDS=2C addressing issues of drug pricing=2C medical needs=2C leg=
al and
political strategies to widen access to treatment for HIV=2FAIDS in dev=
eloping
countries=2E Case studies will be presented=2C and the emphasis will be=
 on
practical information that participants can take back to their countrie=
s and
use to advocate for increased access to medicines=2E

M=E9decins Sans Fronti=E8res is an international medical organisation w=
orking in
more than 80 countries worldwide=2E In 1999=2C MSF launched its Access =
to
Essential Medicines Campaign=2C which is aimed at stimulating research =
and
development for neglected diseases=2C overcoming barriers to access=2C =
and
humanizing international trade agreements=2E

The Treatment Action Campaign works for access to affordable and qualit=
y
treatment for all people with HIV=2FAIDS in South Africa and supports t=
he
global campaign for access to essential and life-saving drugs=2E All th=
e major
trade unions federations=2C religious bodies=2C the NGO coalition and c=
hildren's
right organisations support the work of TAC in South Africa=2E




AGENDA


9=3A30 - 9=3A45     Welcome address
Malegapuru Makgoba=2C Medical Research Council=2C South Africa

9=3A45 - 10=3A45    Does treatment make a difference in Africa=3F

* From stigma to disclosure in Durban=2C Promise Mthembu=2C TAC=2C Sout=
h Africa

* Mother-to-child transmission in Khayelitsha=3A how access to medicine=
s can
change life in a South African township=2C Farid Abdullah=2C M=2ED=2E=2C=
 Provincial
Administration of the Western Cape=2C South Africa

* Thinking outside the box=3A how treatment helps control the AIDS epid=
emic=2C
Eric Goemaere=2C M=2ED=2E=2C MSF=2C South Africa

* What I need to save my patients=3A experiences in a Kenyan hospital=2C=

Christopher Ouma=2C M=2ED=2E=2C MSF=2C Kenya

Questions and discussion

10=3A45 - 11=3A45   Why are drugs so unaffordable=3F

* Current barriers=2C future objectives=2C Daniel Berman=2C Access to E=
ssential
Medicines Campaign=2C MSF=2C Switzerland

* Patents and prices in South Africa=2C Mark Heywood=2C AIDS Law Projec=
t=2C South
Africa

* Beyond patents=3A market failure in Uganda=2C Peter Mugyenyi=2C M=2ED=
=2E=2C Joint
Clinical Research Centre=2C Uganda

Questions and discussion

11=3A45 - 12=3A15   Break

12=3A15 - 1=3A15    Towards a solution

* Beyond patents=3A the need to address government inaction=2C David Wi=
lson=2C
M=2ED=2E=2C MSF=2C Thailand

* Generics and government will=3A a potent combination in Brazil=2C Ped=
ro
Chequer=2C M=2ED=2E=2C UNAIDS Southern Cone=2C Argentina

* How activists in developed countries can support those in the South=2C=
 Asia
Russell=2C ACT UP Philadelphia=2C USA

Questions and discussion

1=3A15 - 1=3A30     Closing remarks
                        Edwin Cameron=2C Constitutional Court=2C South =
Africa




REGISTRATION FORM


Please return this form to Nkanyezi Nkabinde=2C  Conference Coordinator=

717 Colonial Building=2C 330 West Street (off Mark's Lane=29=2C Durban =
4001
Phone=2Ffax=3A (031=29 304 3673
E-mail=3A msf-tac=40mweb=2Eco=2Eza or durb2000=40tac=2Eorg=2Eza


I=2FWe want to register for the M=E9decins Sans Fronti=E8res=2FTreatmen=
t Action
Campaign Satellite Conference on "Improving Access to HIV=2FAIDS Drugs =
in
Developing Countries=22=2E

This satellite meeting is free and open to all interested in working on=

access to HIV=2FAIDS treatment=2E All information provided below will b=
e treated
confidentially=2E

Surname=3A      SHISANA                                      Name=3A Ol=
ive

Title=3A  Executive Director                                      =20
Organisation=2FFamily and Community Health=2C World Health Organization=


Mailing Address=3A20 Appia Avenue=2C=20


Street=2FBox=3A                                     City=3A Geneva
Code=3ACH-1211

Country=3ASWITZERLAND

Telephone=3A    41 22 791 2721                                         =

Cell=2FMobile=3A

Fax=3A  41 22 791 4830                                 E-mail=3Ashisana=
o=40who=2Ech


Please indicate if you need childcare facilities=3A       Y=2FN NO


Would you like to receive e-mail updates on issues of access to treatme=
nt
after the conclusion of the conference=3F         Y / N




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