G8 Finance Ministers meet in Essen, Germany on February 9th-12th.
As AIDS Campaigners we worked really hard in the lead up to the 2005 G8 Summit in Gleneagles to secure the commitment to Universal Access to Treatment by 2010. 18 months on, despite committing themselves to this historic target, the G8 leaders have not produced [...]

Pharmaceutical company Novartis is taking the Indian government to court ovver it’s patent law. If Novartis is successful in its challenge against the Indian government and its patent law, more medicines are likely to be patented in India, making it very difficult for generic producers to make affordable versions of them. This could affect millions of people around the world who depend on medicines produced in India.

Newcastle
Pictures from the Speaker Tour stop in Newcastle on 10th April.
All photos © Paul Alexander Knox - www.om-shantiphotography.co.uk

This year the tour will bring four dynamic young AIDS activists from three different continents to speak to students at 17 Universities nationwide.