HIV testing pregnancy : the National AIDS Council continues to advocate voluntary testing
Would compulsory testing for Hiv during pregnancy prevent some children from being born with Hiv infection ? In a statement approved unanimously on March 14th 2002, on HIV testing during Lire la suite
Statement and recommendations – HIV testing during pregnancy and the perinatal prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Drafted and submitted by the Ad hoc Committee on Screening and Testing Approved at the plenary session of March 14th 2002. Ad hoc Committee chaired by Ms Claudine HERZLICH Committee Lire la suite
Doha Declaration ineffectual ? The National AIDS Council is concerned that the Bangui Agreements will jeopardize health care in Africa
By acknowledging the primacy of public health requirements over trade rules in developing countries, the Doha Declaration of November 2001 raised the hopes of better access to affordable medicines for Lire la suite
The CNS calls for concrete measures regarding access to treatment in countries in the south
Twenty years after the start of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, 40 million people are living with the virus. Antiretroviral treatments have changed the face of the epidemic in countries in the Lire la suite
The French National AIDS Council declares itself in favour of changes in policy on drug use
The National AIDS Council (NAC) observes that recent years have featured major progress in the reduction of the risks generated by the use of drugs, especially where such use is Lire la suite
As the case brought by 39 pharmaceutical companies against the government of South Africa is about to restart in Pretoria, the French National AIDS Council (NAC) requests that the companies concerned withdraw their complaint
In a report adopted in November 2000, the NAC voiced its support for open access to treatments for HIV/AIDS (antiretrovirals and medication for opportunistic infections). The NAC considers that access Lire la suite