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As the June 25th UN Assembly on AIDS (UNGASS) is approaching, I
thought that those of you who are planing to travel as delegates to
New York may want to plan ahead to include some pre-programme's
events (reproduced with thanks from E-Drugs).
Christian Labadie, MS
mailto:CLabadie@t-online.de
http://citation.thread.free.fr/survey/africanhivresearch.php3
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(PS: Thx to http://www.comminit.com for having relayed the question
pertaining to the "equal opportunity" allocation of a UN research
fund on HIV/AIDS -- which leads me to ask whether someone plans to
keep a current list of issues and initiatives until June 25th as they
pertain to UNGASS, e.g.: access to treatment, AIDS-orphans, ARV
(antiretroviral) generic production, needs for a world-wide patent
exception on drugs and medicines pertaining to AIDS, needs for im-
provements of employment business practices in South Africa and else-
where to stop the spread of AIDS sparked by friends' separation over
time and space, US pending case against Brazil at the WTO (world
trade organisation), Novartis plan to withdraw from Brazil, AIDS-
orphans, access to research funds, equal opportunity employment for
PLWA (people living with HIV/AIDS), access to retirement for PLWA,
street theatre for street children, access to land for essential gar-
dening for unemployed PLWA and AIDS-orphans, clearing UNTAC's role in
Cambodia's AIDS epidemic, UN peace keeping forces' sexuality and re-
lations to prostitution even child prostitution, fuzzy pending ques-
tions on the biological origins of the HIV virus, etc.)
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Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) presents:
"Dying from Lack of Treatment: The International AIDS Crisis"
7 pm, Thursday, June 21
Proshansky Auditorium, The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue at 34(superscript: th) Street, Manhattan
Reception at 6:30pm
There are 36 million people around the world living with HIV. 95% of
them live in poor countries and do not have access to effective
treatments.
The first ever United Nations General Assembly Special Session on
HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) opens on June 25. Treatment with antiretrovirals is
barely up for discussion. When will the international community stop
discussing whether or not to treat people with AIDS in poor countries
and start seriously planning how?
Speakers: Chris Ouma, M.D., Action Aid Kenya, treats people with AIDS
in the slums of Nairobi. Dr. Ouma has been an outspoken critic of in-
ternational trade agreements that have kept antiretrovirals out of
the reach of his patients.
Onanong Bunjumnong, MSF-Thailand, leads MSF's Access To Essential
Medicines Campaign in Thailand, where MSF has been treating people
with AIDS for 6 years. She works closely with local NGOs and the Thai
Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS.
Konstantin Lezhentsev, M.D., MSF-Ukraine, was instrumental in setting
up Ukraine's first HIV treatment program focused on mothers and their
children. In addition to his clinical work, he advocates for afford-
able treatments with the government and works closely with the All-
Ukrainian National Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS.
Moderator: Anne-Valerie Kaninda, M.D., MSF-USA Medical Adviser
This program has been arranged in conjunction with Continuing Educa-
tion and Public Programs at The Graduate Center, CUNY
For more information on MSF's Access to Essential Medicines Campaign
visit:
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org
David Veazey
MSF-USA
mailto:david_veazey@newyork.msf.org
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