Category: Advocacy
HRC38: Human Rights Council set to adopt resolution on Human rights in the context of HIV and AIDS
On Thursday, 28 June 2018, the delegations of Brazil, Colombia, Mozambique, Portugal, and Thailand submitted a draft resolution on “Human rights in the context of HIV and AIDS” to the 38th session of the Human Rights Council. The text of...
Civil Society Speaks: Fighting for Universal Access To Dolutegravir (DTG)!
Source : The Global Network of People living with HIV GNP+ What do people living with HIV need to know about Dolutegravir? What do our communities need to know about viral resistance to first line ARVs? GNP+ invites you to...
Global Fund MENA Regional Platform is relaunched
ITPC-MENA continues as the host for the Middle East and North Africa region As a key component of the Global Fund’s Community, Rights and Gender Strategic Initiative, the Regional Platform for Communication and Coordination will continue to support and facilitate...
New Study : Assessment of national intellectual property landscapes and their impact on access to medicines (Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia)
Title: A tool to assess how friendly to access-to-medicines your law is Background Provisions of intellectual property (IP) may have an important impact on access to medicines. For instance, the monopoly granted by the patent prevents competition with generics on...
Job offer for the MENA regional platform manager on Global Fund and Civil Society
JOB DESCRIPTION: REGIONAL GLOBAL FUND PLATFORM MANAGER ABOUT ITPC-MENA: International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) Middle East & North Africa (MENA) is a regional non governmental organization operating in the Middle East and North Africa region regrouping a network of community...
IAS 2017: Closing ceremony exposes Gilead Sciences
Conference funders, Gilead Sciences, named and shamed for its “insatiable greed” Yesterday, the 9th International AIDS Conference on HIV Science in Paris (IAS 2017), drew to a close, in style. The community address delivered by Othoman Mellouk, during the closing...
A new victory for ITPC-MENA : Bristol-Myers Squibb extends its voluntary license on Atazanavir to Egypt
The 9th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV / AIDS 2017 : Bristol-Myers Squibb extends its voluntary license on Atazanavir to Egypt, a victory for ITPC-MENA Today, at the World Conference on AIDS, which is currently taking place in Paris...
BLOG: We want dolutegravir for all, and we want it now
Source: makemedicinesaffordable Author: Othoman Mellouk, Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines Lead at the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC). Article first published on the Huffington Post here. We’re calling for a compulsory license on a ‘new’ HIV drug to be...
HIV Activists Denounce ViiV for Denying 3.5 million People Access to Optimal Treatment
Source : ITPC GLOBAL Today, Monday, 24 July 2017, during the 9th International AIDS Conference on HIV Science in Paris (IAS 2017), HIV treatment activists from around the world collectively blocked access to ViiV Healthcare’s promotional booth and stormed its...
ITPC MENA IN THE REGIONAL CONSULTATION ON ACCELERATING ACCESS TO THE CONTIUUM OF HIV CARE: FOCUS ON HIV TESTING
Beirut, Lebanon, 12–14 July 2017 By the end of 2015, the estimated number of people living with HIV in the Region had reached 330 000. With a continuously growing epidemic coupled with low coverage of ART, standing at 14% of...