The Speaker Tour Route 2007!

The Route!
• Monday 15th
o St Andrews University: 1:30pm, Student Union
o Edinburgh University: 8pm in The Appleton Tower, George Square.
Contact: Vas Verma
• Tuesday 16th
o Durham University: 1.15pm, Durham Union Society Debating chambers
Contact: Zila Milupi
o Newcastle: 7.30pm, Hyena Cafe.
Contact: Alison Craik
• Wednesday 17th
o Warwick University: 2.30pm, HO.52 Humanities Block
o Sheffield University: 7.30pm, University Arms 197 Brook Hill
Contact: [...]

UK breaks key promise to fight against AIDS, TB and Malaria

Outrage as UK contribution to Global Fund just half what promised!
Douglas Alexander yesterday announced that the UK would be pledging only half the amount of money required by, and promised to, the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria. The UK’s contribution announced at the Labour Party Conference will be £1billion over the next [...]

EU Opposes Cheap Medicines for AIDS in Thailand

The European Union’s top trade official Peter Mandelson has called on Thailand to revise its efforts to provide affordable medicines to people living with HIV and AIDS.
In a letter to the Thai Minister of Commerce, Mandelson expressed concern that Bangkok “may be taking a new approach to access to medicines” and that the approach being [...]