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HIV/AIDS Education in India
In early 2009, Action against Aids Germany went on a fact-finding mission to India to get a personal picture of the situation of HIV-positive people on the ground.
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For all the details and analysis of this journey also see our leaflet "Indian Generics and Aids: A Fact Finding Mission in the “Pharmacy of the Poor" in the dossier "Patents and Alternatives"
HIV/AIDS Eduation in the Big Cities of India
In early 2009, Action against Aids Germany went on a fact-finding mission to Bangalore, a metropolis in India, to get a personal picture of the situation of HIV-positive people on the ground.
Public Antiretroviral Treatment Centers (ART) in India provide the medicines free of charge. Nevertheless, most people have no access to the lifesaving medications for reasons of discrimination and because of the stigma associated with HIV/Aids. In addition, the local authorities ban sex education in public schools.
The NGO MILANA works on site with poorer people to improve the situation. In our movie, Dr. Christiane Fischer interviewed Jyoti Kiran, associate of MILANA, about their work, the current situation and prospects of their NGOs given the global financial crisis.
- English with German subtitles, 2009
- Interview und shots: Dr. Christiane Fischer, BUKO-Pharma-Kampagne, Action against Aids Germany
- Cut: Julia Böhme
- Translation: Kay Engelhardt
- Singing by the women's group of Milana, Bangalore
HIV/AIDS Education in the Rural Areas of India
In early 2009, Action against Aids Germany went on a fact-finding mission to India to get a personal picture of the situation of HIV-positive people on the ground.
The Adivasi, the indigenous population of India, live in the region Sittilingi in Tamil Dau, South India. The "Tribal Health Initiative" in Sittlingi runs a hospital there for the Adivasi. Only recently the hospital is became a a state counseling and testing center for HIV/Aids.
Dr. Christiane Fischer interviewed Dr. Reji George, physician of the hospital, about the difficulties facing him when educating the local population about HIV/Aids.
According to WHO estimates, 2.5 million people in India live with HIV/Aids. Unofficial estimates of the NGOs on the other hand presume that up to 20 million people are infected. That represents about 2% of the population.
- English with German subtitles, 2009
- Interview und shots: Dr. Christiane Fischer, BUKO-Pharma-Kampagne, Action against Aids Germany
- Cut: Julia Böhme
- Translation: Kay Engelhardt
- Singing by the women's group of Milana, Bangalore
Videos of the Trip by Médecins Sans Frontière
You can watch all the videos below by Oliver Moldenhauer, the representative of Médecins Sans Frontières on the trip by Action against Aids Germany to India, on the YouTube channel of the "Access Campaign Germany" by Médecins Sans Frontières.
- Anand Grover: Lawyers Collective Mumbay und UN Special Rapporteur on Health
- July 2009
- English
- About the effects of the TRIPS Agreement, of the patenting of new HIV/Aids medicines in India and of Free-Trade Agreements in regard to access to medicines in developing countries.
- with German subtitles
- Katy Athersuch: Stop Aids Campaign UK
- July 2009
- English
- About the effects of seizures by European and US customs authorities of Indian generic HIV/AIDS medicines in transit for the developing world.
- Loon Gangte: Delhi Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS
- July 2009
- English
- On the threat of patenting HIV/Aids medicines and its effects on generic production in India and affordable access to medicines.
- Furthermore, he describes the work of the Delhi Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS and its work in pre-grant and post-grant opposition.
- Lawrence Liang: Alternative Law Forum Bangalore
- July 2009
- English
- On the effects of patents on access to HIV/AIDS drugs in India and the implications of the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) process in regard to a strenghtening of IP enforcement and universalisation of the term counterfeit.
- Jyothi Kiran: Milana Family support network for people living with HIV/AIDS
- July 2009
- English
- About the work of Milana, stigmatisation and discrimination of HIV positive people hindering treatement, HIV/Aids awareness, and access to respective medicines.
- Jonathan Mwiindi: Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network
- July 2009
- English
- About the lack of paediatric HIV/AIDS formulations / HIV/Aids medicines for children.