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International News
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- Medicines for Children Living with HIV
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Important Dates
- Global Partners in Action: NGO Forum on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Development, September 2–4, 2009
- Invest in Health, Rights and the Future
- Berlin, Germany
- World Health Summit in Berlin, October 15th – 18th, 2009
- The World Health Summit is the world’s foremost meeting of researchers, physicians, politicians and stake holders within the healthcare system. It takes place every year, with it premiere instalment in October 2009 in Berlin.
General News
Evidence shows new drug combination dramatically reduces mother-to child transmission of HIV during breastfeeding
According to a new study led by the World Health Organization (WHO), if HIV-positive pregnant women are given a combination of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs from late in pregnancy until six months into breastfeeding, rather than a...
Faith groups applaud proposed US rule to lift HIV travel ban
HIV and AIDS Campaign, Press Release, 17 August 2009: Fifty-four churches and Christian organizations, networks of people living with HIV and individuals have sent a letter to the United States’ Department of Health and Human...
Delhi High Court Rejects Bayer’s Plea for Patent Linkage
18 August 2009, New Delhi. The Delhi High Court today rejected an attempt by Bayer Corporation, a multinational pharmaceutical company, to sanction the patent linkage system in India through a court direction. While holding that...
Uganda's Health Ministry Orders Investigations Into Deaths Of Patients Living With HIV
Uganda's Health Ministry announced Monday it has ordered investigations into whether the deaths of 17 patients living with HIV in Northern Uganda were caused by their inability to get antiretroviral (ARV) drugs.
UNITAID Communities Delegation: Call For Applications For Alternate Board Member
CLOSING DATE for all applications: Tuesday 11th August 2009
Kenyan AIDS Patients Seek to Overturn Anti-Counterfeiting Law as Unconstitutional
Please read the press statement by the three applicants in the Counterfeit Case in Kenya.
Faith Communities calls the US Government to lift HIV Travel Restrictions
The US government is finally proposing to remove ``Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection'' from the definition of ``communicable disease of public health significance'' – thereby lifting the travel ban against people...
Speech by Stephen Lewis at the International AIDS Society Conference in Cape Town
Speech by Stephen Lewis, formerly the Special Envoy to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on HIV/AIDS in Africa, at the International AIDS Society Conference in Cape Town.
Global Partners in Action: NGO Forum on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Development
Invest in Health, Rights and the Future in Berlin, Germany, September 2–4, 2009
Advocates for Health Millennium Development Goals Unite to Demand World Leaders Honor Funding Commitments
Found: Hundreds of Billions of Dollars to Save the Wealthiest Corporations. Lost: Billions of Dollars of G8 Commitments to Save Millions of Human Lives.