E-drug: MSF articles on access to medicines issues
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Dear e-druggers,
Articles from the December 2000 issue of the bi-annual MSF Access to
Essential Medicines Campaign publication are now available on our
website at www.accessmed-msf.org. Printed copies are also available on
request.
In the latest issue:
Challenging Limitations: patients deserve more, Editorial by Dr.
Jean-Herv� Bradol, President, MSF France
- on the issue of quality of care and the responsibilities of doctors
AIDS prevention and treatment go hand in hand in the Ukraine, by Kevin
Moody, pharmacist
- on MSF's HIV/AIDS programme in the Ukraine and the need for
effective medicines to reinforce prevention efforts
Adapting the essential drugs list to the realities of 2000, by Pierre
Chirac, Pharmacist
- on proposals for improving the WHO's Essential Drugs List, based on
recommendations made at a meeting of experts convened by MSF last fall
One step at a time: AIDS treatment in Burundi, by Jeanna Gapiya
- on the daily struggle of a local NGO in Burundi to improve access to
treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS
Stemming resistance: solutions for the global malaria crisis, by Dr.
Philippe Guerin and Dr. Els Torreele
- on the possibility of using combination therapy to curb the alarming
spread of resistance to existing medicines for malaria
Affordable treatment for South Africa, by Toby Kasper
- on the successful efforts to lower the price of an expensive
combination malaria treatment, co-artemether (produced by Novartis),
for South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province.
TB patients will be our shareholders: Interview with Dr. Giorgio
Roscigno, Acting CEO of the Global Alliance for TB, by Suerie Moon
- on the principles and goals of the Global Alliance for TB, a
public-private partnership created to spur research and development
for new TB drugs
Promising steps for Europe, by Ellen 't Hoen
- on the remarkable turnaround of the European Union, which now
recognises the impact of trade on access to medicines
New publications and articles
- A list of publications produced between July and December 2000 by
the Campaign
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Suerie Moon
Access to Essential Medicines Campaign
M�decins Sans Fronti�res (MSF)
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CP 6090
1207 Geneva
Switzerland
tel: +41 (22) 849 84 01
fax: +41 (22) 849 84 04
access-com@geneva.msf.org
www.accessmed.msf.org
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