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MSF's Suerie Moon spoke in front of a US Senate Committee on promoting new treatments & cures for neglected diseases read more

 

NEW: The 13th Edition of Untangling the Web of Antiretroviral Price Reductions is now available download it here

 

VIDEO: MSF's community approach to treating malnutrition in Niger watch it here

 

WHO's work on the financing of medical research and development is given a fresh start read more

 

MSF Letter to GFATM on concerns over scale-up of AIDS treatment in light of Board of Directors Meeting read more

 

New European Parliament Working Group on Innovation & Access launches with support of Access Campaign  read more

 





HIV AIDS

The Campaign is sounding the alarm that AIDS is a continuing emergency. We are working to promote continuing scale-up of treatment for those in need and for improved medicines and diagnostic tools for both adults and children living with HIV/AIDS.


© Francesco Zizola

MSF's Sharonann Lynch writes passionately about putting radical game-changers, such as a financial transaction tax, into place to increase the number of HIV+ patients on treatment and to bend the curves of the HIV epidemic. Read more


© Laura McCullagh

Major efforts are being taken to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in northern Uganda. In particular, targeted outreach towards mothers aiming to get them to clinics for antenatal care and delivery. Read more


© Julie Remy

"NO TIME TO QUIT": A new report released by MSF highlights the experiences of 8 African countries as they grapple to provide quality treatment for HIV/AIDS patients with reduced international funding Read more


© MSF / lumierenoire.ch

Medicines Patent Pool clears last procedural hurdle and gets ready to open its doors

Read more on the current status of Patent Pool discussions

Learn how a Pool could work to boost access to HIV medicines.

 

Understanding HIV/AIDS


© Ton Koene


INTERVIEW

Elodie Jambert, Pharmacist Coordinator, discusses the new WHO guidelines on antiretroviral use and falling second-line drug prices among other issues  & their impact on Untangling the Web.

Click here

 


Previously featured material


© Jonathan Torgovnik

Untangling the Web of ARV Price Reductions is now available online. Visit it now at utw.msfaccess.org 

Read an interview with Pharmaceutical Coordinator Elodie Jambert on the notable changes in this year's UTW.


© Mariella Furrer

Four million HIV-positive people are alive thanks to antiretroviral therapy; however, there are signs of a retreat by world players on their commitment to HIV/AIDS. To learn more, read MSF's new report "Punishing Success? Early Signs of a Retreat from Commitment to HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment".

Heat-stable ritonavir approved, ending treatment stranglehold for people living with HIV/AIDS read more (12 February 2010)

MSF responds to World Health Organization’s new HIV treatment guidelines read more (4 December 2009)

IN THE NEWS

Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer, Executive Director of the Access Campaign, was interviewed by the BBC's Health Check on MSF's concerns of waning international support for HIV/AIDS treatment. 

To hear the full audio of the interview, visit the BBC Health Check Archive


© Julie Remy

MSF at the IAS conference in Cape Town: MSF brings out a study from Malawi showing that universal access to AIDS treatments is under threat from rising drug prices.

Read this interview with MSF's Head of Mission in Malawi and more about MSF at the IAS

 


© Francesco Zizola

Has enough been done to scale up treatment for people with HIV/AIDs in Africa? Is the treatment that patients currently receive good enough?

To read this journal article click here 


© Cecile Duvivier

Too many children with HIV/AIDS still waiting

To read more about children and HIV click here

To watch MSF's film on paediatric HIV/AIDS from Mathare, Kenya click here