Stop AIDS Campaign welcomes historic licence agreement signed between Medicines Patent Pool and Gilead Sciences
Activists warn that with 9m people awaiting treatment, all companies must join and all developing countries must be covered
UK AIDS Campaigners have welcomed the first licence agreement between a pharmaceutical company and the new Medicines Patent Pool which they say could [...]
Student Stop AIDS Campaigners have come together to voice their deep concerns about the harmful provisions currently being negotiated in the free trade agreement between the EU and India that would restrict access to affordable medicines.
Yesterday, over 3000 activists from across Asia marched through New Delhi to urge the Indian government to stand strong amid [...]
Each year over 400,000 children become infected with HIV. The vast majority of these children become infected with the virus during birth or when breast feeding. Student Stop AIDS Campaigners across the UK are taking action today, on World AIDS Day, to campaign to ensure that no baby is born with HIV by 2015.
The Global [...]
A short film showing how HIV treatment transforms one woman’s life in just 90 days. Please watch and take action here.
Selinah is alive thanks to the work of the Topsy Foundation in South Africa. All around the world millions of people like Selinah are being helped by the Global Fund to stay healthy.
But ten million people [...]
After a long wait we are finally ready to push ahead with the patent pool. At the beginning of June the UNITAID board met and some final agreements were met.
The Patent Pool now had offices, full time members of staff and an office and is ready to start engaging with Pharmaceutical companies and getting their [...]
After the decision in February for the Stop AIDS Campaign to support the campaign for the Robin Hood Tax, Southampton Stop AIDS Society went to work on their battle plan. Among the key points that arose in the plan it was pointed out that the Robin Hood Tax would be able help people abroad and [...]
An article in the BMJ this week is warning of increasing difficulties with access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV/AIDS.
Although 4 million people in lower income countries have been enrolled in treatment programmes, 6 million more are in need. In addition, WHO guidelines have recently changed to recommend commencing ART earlier in the disease course. [...]
With the general election fast approaching do you know how your parliamentary candidates feel about the HIV pandemic? Will they take the action we know is needed?
As well as being an election year, 2010 marks the deadline for the G8’s pledge to deliver universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. However, 10 million [...]
The new Robin Hood Tax film featuring Sir Ben Kingsley, Noel Clarke (Kidulthood, Dr Who), Tom Felton (Harry Potter) Joe Dempsie (Skins), Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners) and Jaime Winstone (Kidulthood). If you haven’t already vote yes to a Robin Hood Tax today! #~~>
On Tuesday 16th March 30 Students from across the UK descended on London for the Student Stop AIDS March Day of Action.
The day started with a lively debate between the students, Mike Foster MP, Lab (Parliamentary under Secretary of State for International Development), Baroness Northover from the Lib Dems and Daniel Kawczynski MP for the [...]
