# \[e-drug\] HGAP/MSF/NGO Global Fund Press Call **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [April 22, 2002, 12:26pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-hgap-msf-ngo-global-fund-press-call/14182 "2002-04-22T12:26:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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E-drug: HGAP/MSF/NGO Global Fund Press Call ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Anybody who sees this in time and is interested, please call in. Copied from Ip-health. Thanks. HH] ---------- Note: The Global Fund has its second Board meeting in New York City, from today (Monday 22 April) until 24 April. Media are invited to join this issue-framing call TODAY at 12 noon, where the conflicts and unresolved disputes at play at the Global Fund will be discussed. The call's participants include the activists, health advocates, and developing country AIDS experts who have been lobbying the Fund on HIV treatment access since its inception. I hope you can join us. Asia Russell --------------------------- MEDIA ADVISORY - Press Teleconference The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria: Access to Medicines and The First Grant Announcements WHEN: Monday, April 22, 12-1 pm EST HOW: Within the US: (800) 210-5592, Outside:       +1-952-556-2811 ask for Doctors Without Borders call RSVP: (Not necessary, but appreciated): Kris Torgeson,       212-655-3764 WHO: --Rachel Cohen, Access to Essential Medicines Campaign Liaison, Doctors Without Borders/M�decins Sans Fronti�res (MSF) --Dr. Bernard P�coul, Director, Access to Essential Medicines Campaign, M�decins Sans Fronti�res (MSF) --Paul Davis, AIDS activist, Health GAP Coalition --Maryline Mulemba, Head of Mission, M�decins Sans Fronti�res (MSF) Malawi --Mohammed Aowalu, Nigerian AIDS Alliance ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED: --The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria Board of Directors meeting will take place in New York City, April 22-24: what will be announced? How did the application process take place? --What must happen to ensure that the Fund fulfills its promise to provide access to treatment to the millions dying of AIDS, TB, and malaria? The Fund is tremendously short on money, and many Board members have spoken explicitly \*against\* the value of HIV treatment in developing countries. --Will the Global Fund grants explicitly prioritize treatment, not only prevention and care programs, and encourage the procurement of the most affordable and effective drugs for HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria? --Will the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and public health be upheld and endorsed in the funding process, or will only name-brand, more expensive medicines be procured, as per the wishes of Big Pharma? ------------------------ Asia Russell ACT UP Philadelphia Health GAP Coalition +1 215 474 9329 tel +1 267 475 2645 mobile asia@critpath.org