E-DRUG: MSF/HealthGAP meeting in Barcelona
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[Those E-druggers attending the Barcelona AIDS conference, might not want
to
miss this NGO conference on access to ARVs. WB]
TIME TO TREAT: TRANSFORMING AIDS TREATMENT FROM RIGHT TO REALITY
Sunday, July 7, 2002 - 12:30-16:30
Fira de Barcelona Conference Center (Pla�a d'Espanya), Hall 2.5
A Satellite Meeting to the XIV International AIDS Conference in Barcelona,
Spain Organized by Health GAP (Global Access Project) and M�decins Sans
Fronti�res (MSF)
AGENDA
12:30 WELCOMING REMARKS
Morten Rostrup, MD, President, International Council, MSF
Alan Berkman, MD, Co-founder, Health GAP
12:45 REPORTS FROM THE FRONTLINES
SESSION I - 12:45-13:30
Agitation and education: local, regional, and international activist
efforts to expand and sustain treatment access in resource-poor
settings
Moderator: Ezio Tavora dos Santos Filho, Grupo pela Vidda (Brazil)
Milly Katana, Health Action Rights Network (Uganda)
National and regional efforts to expand access to treatment
Viveck Divan, Lawyer's Collective HIV/AIDS Unit and Affordable
Medicines and Treatment Campaign (India)
Prices, patents, and a ticking clock: transforming India's patent laws
to promote HIV drug access
Erickson Chiclayo, Gente Positiva & Central American Network of
People Living with HIV/AIDS (REDCA+) (Guatemala)
Fighting for sustainable access to treatment for people living with
HIV/AIDS in Central America
SESSION II - 13:30-14:15
Successes and challenges implementing antiretroviral treatment programs in
resource-limited settings: learning by doing
Moderator: Joost van der Meer, MD, MSF (Ukraine)
Jean-Michel Tassie, MD, MSF/Epicentre (France)
The results are in: clinical evidence in nine MSF field programs in Africa,
Asia & Latin America demonstrating feasibility of HAART in
low- and middle-income settings
Fred Minandi, MSF (Malawi)
Treatment adherence strategies and peer support: the role of people
living with HIV/AIDS in implementing successful ARV programs
Tido August, MD (South Africa)
The ARV treatment project in Khayelitsha: from ethical imperative to public
health evidence
14:15 COFFEE BREAK
14:35 IMPLEMENTING VICTORIES & OVERCOMING OBSTACLES:
CONFRONTING THE ONGOING CHALLENGES
SESSION I - 14:45-15:30
Addressing ongoing challenges in providing low-cost, sustainable quality
supplies of medicines
Moderator: Ellen 't Hoen, MSF (France)
Hanne Bak Pederson, UNICEF (Denmark)
The lay of the land: quality issues and an overview of current prices
of essential AIDS drugs from generic and proprietary sources
Carmen Perez, MSF (Spain)
Price reduction offers from Big Pharma: untangling the web
Krisana Kraisintu, MD, Government Pharmaceutical Organisation
(Thailand)
Local production: a long-term solution
SESSION II - 15:30-16:15
Expanding treatment in resource-limited settings: tools and techniques
Moderator: Asia Russell, Health GAP (USA)
Koulla Shero, MD, National AIDS Program (Cameroon)
Scaling up national programs through strategic procurement: the
Cameroon experience
Sisule Fredrick Musungu, South Centre (Kenya)
Implementing the Doha Declaration and challenging efforts to undermine
it
Prof. Brook Baker, Northeastern University School of Law and Health
GAP (USA)
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: fulfilling or
betraying the promise of treatment?
16:15 CLOSING REMARKS
Zackie Achmat, Treatment Action Campaign (South Africa)
Registration for "TIME TO TREAT" is not required, but is suggested, as
space is limited (please visit http://www.healthgap.org/barcelona.html to
register). If you are not an official delegate to AIDS 2002, but would
like to attend the satellite meeting, please indicate this in the space
provided.
For more information, please contact:
Health GAP:
Asia Russell
asia@critpath.org
http://www.healthgap.org
MSF:
Julia Double, MSF Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines:
julia_double@geneva.msf.org
http://www.accessmed-msf.org
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