Press releases
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MSF and Ukrainian NGO criticise Ukrainian HIV/Aids deal
Kiev, 24 May 2002 – The international medical aid organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), together with the All Ukrainian Network of People Living with HIV/Aids, criticise the recent agreement...
Last updated 24 May 2002
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Zimbabwe government takes emergency action against HIV/AIDS
Geneva, 29 May 2002 - In Zimbabwe, where over 2,000 people die of the disease every single week, AIDS is threatening the very future of the country. Life expectancy has dropped to less than 41 years,...
Last updated 29 May 2002
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New survey gives poor countries information on more affordable AIDS drugs
Copenhagen/Geneva/Paris, 26 June 2002 - An updated survey of “Sources and Prices of Selected Drugs and Diagnostics for People Living with HIV/AIDS” to be released today by UNICEF, UNAIDS, WHO and...
Last updated 26 June 2002
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Waiting to treat AIDS is a crime
New data reassert the feasibility of antiretroviral treatment in resource-poor settings Governments still refuse to commit funds for life-extending medicines
Last updated 7 July 2002
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Kenya Coalition welcomes re-amendment of Intellectual Property Act
Nairobi, 15 August 2002 - The Kenya Coalition for Access to Essential Medicines welcomes the decision by the Kenyan parliament to reverse an amendment to the Industrial Property Act that blocked commercial...
Last updated 15 August 2002
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AIDS Activists from 21 African Countries Launch Pan-African HIV/AIDS Treatment Access Movement
At World Summit on Sustainable Development, Activists Demand Access to Affordable HIV/AIDS Treatment for all Africans with HIV/AIDS Activists to Hold Governments, Multilateral Agencies, and the Private...
Last updated 26 August 2002
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AIDS Patients in Developing Countries Pay Higher Prices for Roche's Drugs Than People in Switzerland
Last updated 15 November 2002
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Scaling up HIV/AIDS treatment jeopardized by WTO negotiations
Geneva, November 27, 2002 – The humanitarian medical organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today challenged national governments, international organisations and donor countries to dramatically...
Last updated 27 November 2002
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Mandela joins MSF to scale up AIDS treatment in South Africa
Cape Town, 12 December 2002 -- Today in South Africa, Nelson Mandela and Médecins Sans Frontières announced that they will join forces to create a new AIDS treatment project near Umtata, Mandela’s...
Last updated 12 December 2002
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MSF Responds to Pharmacia's Announcement on Non-profit Distribution of AIDS Drug
Last updated 24 January 2003
www.msfaccess.org/our-work/hiv-aids/article/556
