[Pharm-policy] African and US leaders sign cooperative agreement on AIDS

[James Love]

I had no info or heads up about this....  Thanks to Richard Jefferys for
posting this on health gap..., and reminding people of Merck and other
industry funding of the Harvard effort.   Jamie


http://www.ama-assn.org/special/hiv/newsline/reuters/11168681.htm


 African and US leaders sign cooperative agreement on AIDS
 Last Updated: 2000-11-15 18:00:40 EDT (Reuters Health) 
 By Margaret A. Clark 

            BOSTON (Reuters Health) - Leaders from 24 African nations
met with leaders of the pharmaceutical industry, US policy advisors, and
academia at a 2-day summit, at which they unanimously approved a
framework document entitled "Principles of Collaboration: When
Confronting AIDS in Africa" that complements the United Nations'
International Partnership Against AIDS in Africa. 

            The leaders, participating in the Africa Now! Summit, hosted
by the Harvard AIDS Institute, hope that this document will serve as the
foundation on which to build an alliance between US government programs
and African initiatives to counter the growing AIDS epidemic in Africa. 

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