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 [...]
Good communication is essential for us to run an effective campaigning organisation, this includes you in your societies being provided with up to date campaign information, hearing and seeing what other groups and doing so that it motivates you and we can all learn from best practice, but also us at HQ hearing about the [...]
In December at the UNITAID board meeting the patent pool proposal was accepted!!! Right now UNITAID are recruiting board members to take the patent pool forward, this means sorting out its legal identity and beginning to enter in to formal discussions with Pharma over how a patent pool would work. Although it is necessary to [...]
We’re less than halfway to achieving universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.
Watch Bill Nighy explain how the Robin Hood Tax can help and then join the campaign…
The Robin Hood Tax is a tiny tax on bankers that would give billions to tackle poverty and climate change, here and abroad. For more information [...]
If you have a googlemail account please go to
www.conservatives.com/Draft_Manifesto.aspx
And vote for the question
“Wouldn’t it be good to give relief to people and small businesses hurt by the financial crisis by applying a small financial transaction tax on the banks that caused the mess” Harriet Shrewsbury.
This is a key campaign issue for the Stop AIDS Campaign!
