Every year over 700 000 children throughout the world are infected by HIV; that is 2000 per day. Most of these children were infected by their mothers, during pregnancy, delivery Lire la suite
With the failure of WTO discussions on access to treatment in poor countries, the National AIDS Council once again sustains the primacy of health rights over intellectual property rights. By Lire la suite
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
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
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
Concerned to promote public health and to control the HIV epidemic, the National AIDS Council (NAC) wishes to draw the attention of the Minister of the Interior to the terms Lire la suite
In response to the recommendations of the International Committee. Committee leader : Paul Hantzberg Committee members : Jean-Marie Faucher Claudine Herzlich Daniel Laurent Véronique Nahoum-Grappe Aimé Charles-Nicolas Committee rapporteurs : Lire la suite
Following a meeting between the medical committee of the National AIDS Council and the representatives of associations belonging to the TRT5 collective (Actions Traitements, Act-up, Aides, Arcat-Sida, Sida Info Services, Lire la suite