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10, 2011
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10, 2011
Defeating the global aids epidemic through innovative financing
The French Presidency of the G20 has put the issue of innovative financing on the agenda for the summit which will start on 3 November in Cannes. For the past Lire la suite
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07, 2007
The pharmaceutical firm Abbott must change its policy towards people affected by HIV/ aids
Last December, in accordance with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreement on the aspects of the intellectual property rights related to trade and the Doha statement to the public health, Lire la suite
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01, 2003
Access to treatment in poor countries jeopardized again : the National AIDS Council advocates the primacy of health rights
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
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02, 2002
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
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12, 2001
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
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04, 2001
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