E-DRUG: Register now for MSF's Online Webcast September 5 Fire in the Blood Preview
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- Fire in the Blood Preview & The Fight for Access to Affordable Treatment
Crisis Update: The Fight for Access to Affordable Treatment
New York, Thursday, September 5, 8:00 PM - 9.30 PM (EDT time)
The effort to provide the best available treatments for diseases
throughout the world has frequently been hampered by governments and
industry policies and practices which drive up prices for needed
medications and other medical tools. Never was this more clear than in the
late 1990s and early 2000s when millions of people infected with HIV/AIDS
in Africa and other developing areas were denied access to drugs
benefitting patients in the West. The production and availability of
generic versions of these medications revolutionized the nature of HIV
treatment and made it possible to treat millions of people. The new
award-winning documentary, Fire in the Blood, provides an in-depth look at
the history of that great breakthrough.
Join us for a short preview and discussion of Fire In The Blood and
current U.S. government trade and global health policies, with expert
panelists and the film's director, as they examine this history and
explain how the battle for affordable medicines and equal access for all
patients continues today, through, for example, the proposed provisions in
the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) which threaten to restrict
access to affordable medicines.
Panelists:
Dylan Mohan Gray, Director/Producer/Writer/Editor, Fire in the Blood
James Love, Director, Knowledge Ecology International
Els Torreele, Director, Access to Essential Medicines Initiative, Open
Society Foundations
Sharonann Lynch, HIV & AIDS Policy Advisor, Doctors Without Borders
Register here: https://crisisupdate.eventbrite.com/?ref=estw
Join MSF in urging Members of U.S. Congress to protect access to
lifesaving medicines in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) by
calling your elected representatives today. See our website for more
information: http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/take-action/tpp/
Judit Rius Sanjuan
U.S. Manager of the Access Campaign
Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
333 Seventh Ave, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10001 USA
Office: +1 212 655 3762 // Mobile: +1 917 331 9077
Email: judit.rius@newyork.msf.org