A huge step towards fair drug pricing and access to treatment was made this week when UNITAID, the international drug purchasing facility, gave the green light to exploration of the creation of patent pools for HIV and AIDS drugs. The hope is that the six-month research phase will lead to a working model of the [...]
With only 2 years until the G8’s 2010 target for universal access the deadline for weakly reiterating half-hearted old promises has well and truly expired, but leaders at this week’s G8 summit in Japan didn’t even really manage that.
The summit confirmed Stop AIDS campaigners’ fears by failing to take any concrete steps to deliver their [...]
A draft G8 communiqué leaked to the Financial Times on June 30th has raised concerns this group of rich and powerful countries are set to betray their promises to Stop AIDS at their annual meeting, this year being hosted by Japan.
An ambiguous pledge made by the Group of Eight countries in 2007 to spend £60 [...]
Halfway through the Millennium Development Goals time frame and two years before the 2010 deadline of universal access to treatment, prevention and care, 147 member states met in June to review progress in the fight against HIV and AIDS. The UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS took place in New York [...]
The UK Consortium Care and Support working group will run an independent hub in London, on Friday 8th August, to link with the Mexico International AIDS Society Conference: “What do we really mean by ‘Care’ and ‘Support’? Progress towards a comprehensive definition”.
This hub is part of a number of other ‘mini-conferences’ which will take place [...]
In April over £84,000 was raised for our work with young people around the world including £10,000 for our UK campaigns work thanks to the heroic efforts of societies and staff. The SPW Hyde Park Triathlon, in association with Speedo, was started by European triathlon medallist and four times national title holder Annie Emmerson. Participants [...]
